Clashing Views on Legal Issues

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• Authors: M. Ethan Katsh, M.ethan Katsh
• Publisher: Mcgraw Hill Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.11.2013
• EAN: 9780078139604
• ISBN: 978-0-07-813960-4
• Dimensions: 216 mm x 273 mm x 19 mm
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Law > General, dictionaries