Schrödinger’s cat and the ethnography of law

Political and Legal Anthropology Review

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 61-78

  Yngvesson, Barbara ^a   Coutin, Susan ^b  

^a HAMPSHIRE COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adoption; Deportation; Ethnography; Immigration; Temporality

Indexed keywords

EID: 79956163108     PISSN: 10816976     EISSN: 15552934     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1555-2934.2008.00001.x     Document Type: Article

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