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Book Title: Harmful Thoughts: Essays On Law, Self, And Morality
Number of Pages: 320 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Harmful Thoughts : Essays on Law, Self, and Morality
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication Year: 2002
Item Height: 0.7 in
Subject: Ethics & Moral Philosophy, General, Jurisprudence, Political Ideologies / Conservatism & Liberalism
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 15 Oz
Author: Meir Dan-Cohen
Item Length: 9.5 in
Subject Area: Law, Philosophy, Political Science
Item Width: 6.3 in
Format: Trade Paperback
