Producing Expertise in a Transitional Justice Setting: Judges at Rwanda’s Gacaca Courts
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عنوان ژورنال: Law & Social Inquiry
سال: 2019
ISSN: 0897-6546,1747-4469
DOI: 10.1111/lsi.12347