How autonomous is law?

Annual Review of Law and Social Science

Volumn 3, Issue , 2007, Pages 45-68

  Tomlins, Christopher ^a  

^a AMERICAN BAR FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

History; Justice; Marxism; Relationality; Theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 38149059921     PISSN: 15503585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.lawsocsci.3.081806.112741     Document Type: Review

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