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For a discussion of some of the problems of a politics of knowledge, see B. Cassidy,Science Organisation and Individuals: Beliefs and Practices, Unpublished PhD Thesis, La Trobe University, 1987.
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Cassidy, B. Telling stories about law. Law Critique 2, 63–84 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01128438
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