"There Is Something in That Water": Race, Nationalism, and Legal Violence

Law and Social Inquiry

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 369-402

  Murdocca, Carmela ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 77954109619     PISSN: 08976546     EISSN: 17474469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-4469.2010.01189.x     Document Type: Article

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