Reflections on the anthropology of law, governance and sovereignty

Rules of Law and Laws of Ruling: On the Governance of Law

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 31-59

  Comaroff, John L ^a,b   Comaroff, Jean ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

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