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The Historiography of The Common Law

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 December 2018

David M. Rabban
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Law & Social Inquiry , Volume 28 , Issue 4 , Fall 2003 , pp. 1161 - 1201
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Copyright © American Bar Foundation, 2003 

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