Voices silenced, voices rediscovered: Victims of violence and the reclamation of language in transitional societies

International Journal of Law in Context

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 89-103

  Simpson, Kirk ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 85010669580     PISSN: 17445523     EISSN: 17445531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1744552307002029     Document Type: Article

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