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Twining’s Tower and the Challenges of Making Law a Humanistic Discipline. / Sugarman, David.
In: Amicus Curiae, Vol. (2021) Series 2, Vol 2, No. 3, 22.06.2021, p. 337-354.

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Sugarman, D 2021, 'Twining’s Tower and the Challenges of Making Law a Humanistic Discipline', Amicus Curiae, vol. (2021) Series 2, Vol 2, no. 3, pp. 337-354. https://doi.org/10.14296/ac.v2i3.5302

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Sugarman, D. (2021). Twining’s Tower and the Challenges of Making Law a Humanistic Discipline. Amicus Curiae, (2021) Series 2, Vol 2(3), 337-354. https://doi.org/10.14296/ac.v2i3.5302

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Sugarman D. Twining’s Tower and the Challenges of Making Law a Humanistic Discipline. Amicus Curiae. 2021 Jun 22;(2021) Series 2, Vol 2(3):337-354. Epub 2021 Jun 16. doi: 10.14296/ac.v2i3.5302

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Sugarman, David. / Twining’s Tower and the Challenges of Making Law a Humanistic Discipline. In: Amicus Curiae. 2021 ; Vol. (2021) Series 2, Vol 2, No. 3. pp. 337-354.

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