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Authority by the Numbers: Porter on Quantification, Discretion, and the Legitimation of Expertise

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Wendy Nelson Espeland
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Law & Social Inquiry , Volume 22 , Issue 4 , Fall 1997 , pp. 1107 - 1133
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Copyright © American Bar Foundation, 1997 

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