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Schwartz professor of law at ucla, where he teaches free speech law, religion clauses law, criminal law, and academic legal writing. If youve used the book in your writing, or supervised students who have, are there any additions, changes, or other improvements that you could recommend. Conference on academic legal writing with eugene volokh. Includes scholarly articles on research materials, tools and theories, along with news and trends. Jeffrey rosen, george washington university law school, and legal affairs editor, the new republic. A read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the fulltext. Carolina academic press 2010 eugene volokh, academic legal writing. Buy academic legal writing by eugene volokh from waterstones today. Volokh is the author of the textbooks the first amendment and related statutes 6th ed. Professor eugene volokh explains the first amendment to government officials. Click and collect from your local waterstones or get free uk delivery on orders over. In order to registration for this requirement, you must complete the following steps.
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