Through the back door: Applying theories of legal compliance to illegal immigration during the Chinese exclusion era

Law and Social Inquiry

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 109-146

  Ryo, Emily ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33645146422     PISSN: 08976546     EISSN: 17474469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-4469.2006.00004.x     Document Type: Review

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