A Theory of Justice

Original Edition

John Rawls

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PAPERBACK

$38.00 • £30.95 • €34.00

ISBN 9780674017726

Publication Date: 03/31/2005

Short

624 pages

6 x 9 inches

12 line illustrations

Belknap Press

World

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John Rawls was James Bryant Conant University Professor at Harvard University. He was recipient of the 1999 National Humanities Medal.

Awards & Accolades

1973 Order of the Coif Book Award, National Order of the Coif

1972 Ralph Waldo Emerson Award, The Phi Beta Kappa Society

John Rawls Is a 1999 National Humanities Medal Winner

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