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Private law’s revolutionaries: authors, codifiers and merchants?

December 15, 2020 • Supreme Court Library Queensland • Season 2 • Episode 21

Has there ever really been a revolution in private law, never mind the law of obligations? Professor Hector MacQueen addresses that question by considering the relationship between law and revolution.

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