Half empty, half full, or neither: Law, inequality, and social change in capitalist democracies

Annual Review of Law and Social Science

Volumn 3, Issue , 2007, Pages 69-97

  Stryker, Robin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA LAW SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Discrimination; Economy; Institutionalism; Politics; Rights

Indexed keywords

EID: 38149060204     PISSN: 15503585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.lawsocsci.3.081806.112728     Document Type: Review

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