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William Twining: the man who radicalised the middle ground

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 March 2021

David Sugarman
David Sugarman*
Affiliation:
Professor Emeritus, Law School, Lancaster University; Senior Associate Research Fellow, Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, University of London; Senior Associate, Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, University of Oxford
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*Corresponding author. E-mail: d.sugarman@lancaster.ac.uk
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International Journal of Law in Context , Volume 16 , Issue 4 , December 2020 , pp. 475 - 480
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Copyright © The Author(s), 2021. Published by Cambridge University Press

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Footnotes

This essay draws on conversations, interviews and e-mail exchanges with William Twining over many years. All interpretations of his life and work are mine alone.

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