CRM/LAW C10 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: John Stuart Mill, Distributive Justice, Paternalism

• School: UC-Irvine
• Department: Criminology, Law and Society
• Course: CRM/LAW C10
• Professor: Hillary Berk

Document Summary

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