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The Legal Culture and the Culture Culture

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2017

Thomas M. Franck
Thomas M. Franck*
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New York University School of Law, New York, N. Y
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Proceedings of the ASIL Annual Meeting , Volume 93 , 1999 , pp. 271 - 278
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Copyright © American Society of International Law 1999

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