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Politics, law and justice in people's Poland: the Fieldorf file

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Politics, law and justice in people's Poland: the Fieldorf file. / Fijalkowski, Agata.
In: Slavic Review, Vol. 73, No. 1, 2014, p. 85-107.

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Fijalkowski, Agata. / Politics, law and justice in people's Poland : the Fieldorf file. In: Slavic Review. 2014 ; Vol. 73, No. 1. pp. 85-107.

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