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1、DICTIONARYOFLAWSecondEditionW.J.StewartDICTIONARYOFTHELAW.Copyright©SECONDEDITION2001W.J.STEWART.AllrightsreservedunderInternationalandPan-AmericanCopyrightConventions.Bypaymentoftherequiredfees,youhavebeengrantedthenon-exclusive,non-transferablerighttoaccessandreadthete
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4、ertaketoobservesuchassertionandimposedthesameconditiononthelicensees.Printeditionfirstpublishedin2002byHarperCollinsPublishers,Inc.Firstpublished1996COPYRIGHT©FIRSTEDITION1996W.J.STEWARTANDROBERTBURGESS.ContentsForewordtoSecondEditionINMEMORIAMPrefacetoFirstEditionABCDEF
5、GHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWYTableofCasesTableofStatutesAbouttheAuthorCopyrightCoverAboutthePublisherForewordtoSecondEditionINMEMORIAMProfessorR.A.(‘Bob’)Burgess1946–99Co-authoroftheFirstEditionMostworkhasgonetowardsmeetingtheoriginalmission,whichwastohaveamoderncontemporaryworktha
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