Historical injustice and international law: An exploratory discussion of reparation for slavery

Human Rights Quarterly

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 624-659

  du Plessis, Max ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FINANCIAL PROVISION; INTERNATIONAL LAW; SLAVE; SOCIAL JUSTICE; WESTERN WORLD;

AFRICA;

EID: 0042821742     PISSN: 02750392     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hrq.2003.0032     Document Type: Article

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