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He Is Cheap, He Is Pure, He Is Capable — And He Isn't Doomed

Juliet Townsend THE MAGISTRATE'S TALE by Trevor Grove Bloomsbury, 114.99, pp. 286, ISBN 0747560552 I n any discussion about the English judicial system with foreigners, they are......

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