Anthony J. Sebok, "Legal Positivism in American Jurisprudence"

Steven D. Walt;

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Anthony J. Sebok, "Legal Positivism in American Jurisprudence"

Steven D. Walt

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Philosophy in Review

DATE

2000-02-1

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UVA Law Faculty Affiliations

Steven D. Walt

John W. Glynn, Jr. Law & Business Program

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Steven D. Walt, Anthony J. Sebok, "Legal Positivism in American Jurisprudence" (reviewing Sebok, Anthony James, Legal Positivism in American Jurisprudence (1998)) 20 Philosophy in Review 67-71 (2000).

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