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Ethnographies of Violence: Law, Dissidence, and the State

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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 April 2024

Susan Coutin
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Law & Society Review , Volume 29 , Issue 3 , 1995 , pp. 517 - 539
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Copyright © 1995 by The Law and Society Association

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I thank Barbara Yngvesson for her comments on an earlier draft.

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