The legal relationship between cohabitants and their partners' children

Theoretical Inquiries in Law

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 127-151

  Bowman, Cynthia Grant ^a  

^a MIT Sloan School of Management   (United States)

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EID: 84857874632     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15653404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/1565-3404.1287     Document Type: Article

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