The Return of “Captain Moonlight”: Informal Justice in Northern Ireland

Studies in Conflict and Terrorism

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 41-56

  Monaghan, Rachel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 85015573476     PISSN: 1057610X     EISSN: 15210731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/105761002753404140     Document Type: Article

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