Self-help, policing, and procedural justice: Ghanaian vigilantism and the rule of law

Law and Society Review

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 245-270

  Tankebe, Justice ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 67649513468     PISSN: 00239216     EISSN: 15405893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-5893.2009.00372.x     Document Type: Review

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