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The Competing Claims of Common Law and Statute as Instruments of Legal Improvement
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- Canadian Journal of Law and Society / La Revue Canadienne Droit et Société , Volume 7 , Issue 1 , Printemps/spring 1992 , pp. 185 - 195
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- Copyright © Canadian Law and Society Association 1992
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