Articulating custom: The politics and poetics of social transformations in samoa

Journal of Legal Pluralism and Unofficial Law

Volumn 32, Issue 45, 2000, Pages 19-47

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EID: 84937324943     PISSN: 07329113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07329113.2000.10756543     Document Type: Article

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