Association for the Study of Law, Culture and the Humanities

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The Association for the Study of Law, Culture and the Humanities is a scholarly association for interdisciplinary research in the fields of law, culture, and the humanities. [1] Since the inaugural event at Georgetown Law in 1998, [2] the organization has held an annual conference hosted by a different law school each year, [3] and has published the journal Law, Culture and the Humanities since 2005. [1]

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