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Ronald Dworkin

Legal Self-Help

Fontana

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Golden, Aviva

Harpercollins Pub, Ltd.

The Daily Telegraph Everyday Law

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Collins

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HARPER/COLLINS

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Dacey, Norman F.

Collier Books

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Swartz, Melvin Jay

MacMillan Publishing Company

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wiley

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Maple, Steve

ALPHA BOOKS/PENGUIN PUTNAM

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