Lear and Law's Doubles: Identity and Meaning in a Time of Crisis

Law, Culture and the Humanities

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 239-258

  Greenhouse, Carol J ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84997945741     PISSN: 17438721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/1743872106lw045oa     Document Type: Article

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