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Discipline unbound: patuxent, treatment and the colonization of law

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Discipline unbound: patuxent, treatment and the colonization of law. / Follis, Luca.
In: Law, Culture and the Humanities, Vol. 13, No. 1, 01.02.2017, p. 56-80.

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Follis L. Discipline unbound: patuxent, treatment and the colonization of law. Law, Culture and the Humanities. 2017 Feb 1;13(1):56-80. Epub 2013 Nov 21. doi: 10.1177/1743872113509916

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Follis, Luca. / Discipline unbound : patuxent, treatment and the colonization of law. In: Law, Culture and the Humanities. 2017 ; Vol. 13, No. 1. pp. 56-80.

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