Sentence first, verdict afterwards: On the remarkable career of the "sentence"

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Volumn 50, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-31

  De Beaugrande, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOTSWANA   (Botswana)

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EID: 33748361033     PISSN: 00437956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00437956.1999.11432481     Document Type: Article

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