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1996 Nominated

Finding Hobbes

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ABOUT
THE BOOK

The legal fable is set in a mythical land that has a constitutional crisis not unlike that suffered in Malaysia in the none too distant past.

ABOUT
THE AUTHOR R.H
Hickling

Reginald Hugh Hickling (R. H. Hickling), British lawyer, colonial civil servant, law academic and author (1920-2007)
 
Reginald Hugh Hickling (R. H. Hickling), British lawyer, colonial civil servant, law academic and author (1920-2007)
 
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Country
Malaysia
Author
Publisher
Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (Penerbit Universiti)
Nominating Library

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