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George Rutherglen

Legal Education: The Artificial Reason of the Law

George Rutherglen
Publisher
Virginia Law School Report
Date
1989-8
Citation
George Rutherglen, Legal Education: The Artificial Reason of the Law, Virginia Law School Report 11–12 (August, 1989).
UVA Law Faculty Affiliations
George Rutherglen
John W. Glynn Jr. Law & Business Program
Center for the Study of Race and Law
LawTech Center
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