Qualified ratification: Explaining reservations to international human rights treaties

Journal of Legal Studies

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 397-429

  Neumayer, Eric ^a,b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b PEACE RESEARCH INSTITUTE OSLO PRIO   (Norway)

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EID: 36749011898     PISSN: 00472530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/511894     Document Type: Article

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