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From legal biography to legal life writing: broadening conceptions of legal history and socio-legal scholarship

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From legal biography to legal life writing: broadening conceptions of legal history and socio-legal scholarship. / Sugarman, David.
In: Journal of Law and Society, Vol. 42, No. 1, 03.2015, p. 7-33.

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Sugarman D. From legal biography to legal life writing: broadening conceptions of legal history and socio-legal scholarship. Journal of Law and Society. 2015 Mar;42(1):7-33. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-6478.2015.00696.x

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