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Peter Birks, ed.
The Life of the Law: Proceedings of the Tenth British Legal History Conference, Oxford 1991.
Published London: Hambledon Press, 1993.
Series: British Legal History Conference Proceedings.
ISBN 1852851023.
Binding: hardback, perfect bound; issued without dustjacket.
Printed in the UK at Cambridge University Press.
Size: 160x240x25mm.
Page count: xiii,267pp inc. 1 monochrome illustration.
Main language: English.
Overall condition good: an unused copy with some light shelf wear; the inking is very light on a few pages towards the back, though the text is legible.

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[Publisher’s price £50.00]
Weight without packaging: 566g.

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