Criminal Justice, Local Democracy, and Constitutional Rights

Universally admired, and viewed with great affection, even love, by all who knew him, Harvard law professor Bill Stuntz died in March 2011 at the age of fifty-two, after a long, courageous battle with debilitating back pain and then insurmountable cancer. In a career that deserved to be much longer,...

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Main Author: Schulhofer, Stephen J. (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
Published: 2013
In:Year: 2013
Online Access: Volltext (kostenfrei)
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