'Culture' in court: Albanian migrants and the anthropologist as expert witness

Applications of Anthropology: Professional Anthropology in the Twenty-First Century

Volumn 2, Issue , 2005, Pages 209-228

  Schwandner Sievers, Stephanie ^a  

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