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Mapping Legal Semiotics

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The essay seeks to harness the diverse and innovative work to date of legal semiotics. It seeks to bring together the cumulative research traditions of these related areas as a preclusion to identifying fertile avenues for research.

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  1. Université du Littoral Côte d’Opale, Dunkerque, France

    Anne Wagner

  2. China University of Political Science and Law, Beijing, China

    Anne Wagner

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Wagner, A. Mapping Legal Semiotics. Int J Semiot Law 23, 77–82 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11196-009-9132-6

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