Mobilizing the law in China: "Informed disenchantment" and the development of legal consciousness

Law and Society Review

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 783-816

  Gallagher, Mary E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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EID: 33751546930     PISSN: 00239216     EISSN: 15405893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-5893.2006.00281.x     Document Type: Review

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