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Buddhism, Politics and the Limits of Law: The Pyrrhic Constitutionalism of Sri Lanka. By Benjamin Schonthal. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2016. Pp. 320. $110.00 (cloth). ISBN: 978-1107152236.

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Buddhism, Politics and the Limits of Law: The Pyrrhic Constitutionalism of Sri Lanka. By Benjamin Schonthal. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2016. Pp. 320. $110.00 (cloth). ISBN: 978-1107152236.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 April 2019

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Journal of Law and Religion , Volume 33 , Issue 3 , December 2018 , pp. 515 - 518
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Copyright © Center for the Study of Law and Religion at Emory University 2019 

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