Getting at law's boundaries

Social and Legal Studies

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 598-604

  Nelken, David ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MACERATA   (Italy)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autopoietic theory; Expert witnesses; Law and science; Law's autonomy; Social theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750722803     PISSN: 09646639     EISSN: 14617390     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0964663906069552     Document Type: Review

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