Hidden acts, open talks. how anthropology can "observe" and describe corruption

Corruption and the Secret of Law: A Legal Anthropological Perspective

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 27-52

  Blundo, Giorgio ^a  

^a Centre for Sociology History and Anthropology and Cultural Dynamics (SHADYC)   (United Kingdom)

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