Ishmael's Bane: The Sin and Crime of Illegitimacy Reconsidered

Punishment & Society

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 327-345

  Witte, John ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

adoption; bastard(y); canon law; equal protection; history of common law; illegitimacy

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748770641     PISSN: 14624745     EISSN: 17413095     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1462474503005003006     Document Type: Article

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