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  1. JSTOR hereby grants you a nonexclusive, limited license to use the journals and other materials in the JSTOR archive (the "Content") in accordance with these Terms and Conditions (the "License"). You may not sublicense, assign, or transfer the License, and any attempt at such sublicense, assignment or transfer is void. JSTOR has obtained the right to provide the Content from the publishers of the journals contained in the archive, and copyright therein is retained by the publishers.
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  14. JSTOR may change these Terms and Conditions, or any aspect of the JSTOR archive, at any time.
  15. If any provision or provisions of this License shall be held to be invalid, illegal, unenforceable, or in conflict with the law of any jurisdiction, the validity, legality, and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not be in any way affected or impaired thereby.

     

Last updated February 14, 2002