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Book Title: Speech Matters: On Lying, Morality, And The Law
Number of Pages: 248 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Speech Matters : on Lying, Morality, and the Law
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication Year: 2016
Subject: Constitutional, Ethics & Moral Philosophy, Civil Rights, General, Political
Item Height: 0.7 in
Item Weight: 13 Oz
Type: Textbook
Subject Area: Law, Psychology, Philosophy, Political Science
Author: Seana Valentine Shiffrin
Item Length: 9.2 in
Series: Carl G. Hempel Lecture Ser.
Item Width: 6.1 in
Format: Trade Paperback
