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He has been a Ford Foundation fellow and has served on the editorial boards of the American Journal of Comparative Lawand the Latin American Research Review.His publications include, with Harold W. Horowitz, Law, Lawyers and Social Changeand, with Keith S. Rosenn, Law and Development in Latin America.
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Karst, K.L. Equal protection of the laws. Society 24, 24–30 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02695933
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02695933