Law and Social Movements

The Blackwell Companion to Law and Society

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 506-522

  Mccann, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Conceptual analysis; Legal institutions; Legal norms; Social movements; Sociolegal analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889478759     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470693650.ch27     Document Type: Chapter

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