Modest expectations: Gender and property rights in urban Mexico

Law and Society Review

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 67-100

  Varley, Ann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 77952925489     PISSN: 00239216     EISSN: 15405893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-5893.2010.00396.x     Document Type: Article

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