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Douglas Laycock

The Triumph of Equity

Douglas Laycock
Publisher
Law & Contemporary Problems
Date
1993
Citation
Douglas Laycock, The Triumph of Equity, 56 Law & Contemporary Problems 53–82 (1993).
UVA Law Faculty Affiliations
Douglas Laycock
Program in Constitutional Law
Center for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
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