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The Content, Method, and Epistemology of Gender in Sociolegal Studies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 July 2024

Carrie Menkel-Meadow  and
Shari Seidman Diamond
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Law & Society Review , Volume 25 , Issue 2 , 1991 , pp. 221 - 238
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Copyright © 1991 by The Law and Society Association

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