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through the eyes of the beholder—in quest of queer approaches to legal writing on water and gender

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  1. Making reference to my doctoral dissertation (to be published in 2013) titled ‘Der Zugang zu Wasser als Verteilungsfrage’.

  2. This idea is based on the transcription of an interview conducted by Romy Rüegger with the author in December 2011 and references the art exhibition ‘A Play for Recorded Voices’ and the essay ‘Wut—Minion pro, 14 pt, bold, underlined’, both by Romy Rüegger (2012 unpublished).

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Rüegger, V. through the eyes of the beholder—in quest of queer approaches to legal writing on water and gender. Fem Rev 103, 140–150 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1057/fr.2012.22

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