Secrets and laws : collected essays in law, lives, and literature / Melanie Williams.

These essays by Melanie Williams range across several fields of law, literature, social history and ethics. In each chapter a particular legal case, literary text or poem acts as a focus for a topical debate that highlights controversy or secrecy.

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Main Author: Williams, Melanie, 1958-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : UCL Press : Cavendish Pub., 2005.
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