Corruption and the secret of law: An introduction

Corruption and the Secret of Law: A Legal Anthropological Perspective

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 1-24

  Anders, Gerhard ^a   Nuijten, Monique ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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