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Book Title: Our Word Is Our Bond: How Legal Speech Acts
Item Length: 9in
Item Height: 0.5in
Item Width: 6in
Author: Marianne Constable
Publication Name: Our Word Is Our Bond : How Legal Speech Acts
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Publication Year: 2014
Series: The Cultural Lives of Law Ser.
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 10.5 Oz
Number of Pages: 232 Pages
