Law and Institutions
in the Shire
 

Essay by
William H. Stoddard

 
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First published in Mythlore #70, Autumn 1992
from The Mythopoeic Society

© 1992 William H. Stoddard

 
Law and Institutions in the Shire: Contents
(J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit & The Lord of the Rings)

 
WH Stoddard's
Horatius at Khazad-dum
and his review of
The Fellowship of the Ring — the film
 

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