The judge as tragic hero: Judicial ethics in Lebanon's shari'a courts

American Ethnologist

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 106-121

  Clarke, Morgan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84857533714     PISSN: 00940496     EISSN: 15481425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1548-1425.2011.01352.x     Document Type: Article

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