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The End of Law? Law, Theology, and Neuroscience. By David W. Opderbeck. Eugene: Cascade Books, 2021. Pp. 262. $46.00 (cloth); $31.00 (paper); $31.00 (digital). ISBN: 9781498223911.

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The End of Law? Law, Theology, and Neuroscience. By David W. Opderbeck. Eugene: Cascade Books, 2021. Pp. 262. $46.00 (cloth); $31.00 (paper); $31.00 (digital). ISBN: 9781498223911.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 December 2022

Kevin P. Lee*
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Intel Social Justice and Racial Equity Professor of Law, North Carolina Central University School of Law
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15 For a discussion of Derrida’s influence on legal thought, see Jack M. Balkin, “Deconstruction’s Legal Career,” Cardozo Law Review 27, no 2 (2005): 719–40.

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