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Names: Goodrich, Peter, 1954– editor | Kimmel, Anna Jayne editor | Meyler, Bernadette editor
Title: Performing law : actors, affects, spaces / Peter Goodrich, Anna J Cardozo School of Law (Yeshiva University); Anna Jayne Kimmel, Corcoran School of the Arts & Design; Bernadette Meyler, Stanford University, California.
Description: Cambridge United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2026. | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2025051592 | ISBN 9781009674201 hardback | ISBN 9781009674249 paperback | ISBN 9781009674195 ebook
Subjects: LCSH: Court proceedings | Procedure (Law) | Courts | Trials | Justice, Administration of | Judges
Classification: LCC K2110 .P47 2026
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