Institutionally Embodied Law: Cognitive Linguistics and the Making of International Law

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Institutionally Embodied Law : Cognitive Linguistics and the Making of International Law. / Slosser, Jacob Livingston; Madsen, Mikael Rask.

International Law’s Invisible Frames: Social Cognition and Knowledge Production in International Legal Processes. ed. / Andrea Bianchi; Moshe Hirsch. 2021.

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Harvard

Slosser, JL & Madsen, MR 2021, Institutionally Embodied Law: Cognitive Linguistics and the Making of International Law. in A Bianchi & M Hirsch (eds), International Law’s Invisible Frames: Social Cognition and Knowledge Production in International Legal Processes. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780192847539.003.0005

APA

Slosser, J. L., & Madsen, M. R. (2021). Institutionally Embodied Law: Cognitive Linguistics and the Making of International Law. In A. Bianchi, & M. Hirsch (Eds.), International Law’s Invisible Frames: Social Cognition and Knowledge Production in International Legal Processes https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780192847539.003.0005

Vancouver

Slosser JL, Madsen MR. Institutionally Embodied Law: Cognitive Linguistics and the Making of International Law. In Bianchi A, Hirsch M, editors, International Law’s Invisible Frames: Social Cognition and Knowledge Production in International Legal Processes. 2021 https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780192847539.003.0005

Author

Slosser, Jacob Livingston ; Madsen, Mikael Rask. / Institutionally Embodied Law : Cognitive Linguistics and the Making of International Law. International Law’s Invisible Frames: Social Cognition and Knowledge Production in International Legal Processes. editor / Andrea Bianchi ; Moshe Hirsch. 2021.

Bibtex

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