Expressive Law and Oppressive Norms: Comment on Richard McAdams’s “A Focal Point Theory of Expressive Law”

Amy L. Wax;

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Expressive Law and Oppressive Norms: Comment on Richard McAdams’s “A Focal Point Theory of Expressive Law”

Authored While at UVA Law By

Amy L. Wax

PUBLISHER

Virginia Law Review

DATE

2000

Citation

Amy L. Wax, Expressive Law and Oppressive Norms: Comment on Richard McAdams’s “A Focal Point Theory of Expressive Law”, 86 Virginia Law Review, 1731–1779 (2000).

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