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Of Narrative in Law and Anthropology

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Minow Martha, Ryan Michael, & Sarat Austin, eds., Narrative, Violence, and the Law; The Essays of Robert Cover. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1993. 312 pp. $44.50 cloth; $18.95 paper.

West Robin, Narrative, Authority, and Law. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1993. 456 pp. $49.50.

Abu-Lughod Lila, Writing Women's Worlds: Bedouin Stories. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1993.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 April 2024

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Copyright © 1996 by The Law and Society Association

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Footnotes

I would like to thank June Starr, Sally Merry, Pierre Schlag, Nancy Reichman, Steve Smith, Joan Vogel, Kevin Reitz and Bob Nagel for their comments.

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