Redefining the Traditional Pillars of German Legal Studies and Setting the Stage for Contemporary Interdisciplinary Research

German Law Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 661-679

  Leibfried, Stephan ^a   Möllers, Christoph ^b   Schmid, Christoph ^a,c   Zumbansen, Peer ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c Center for European Law and Policy   (Germany)

^d YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 47849117229     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20718322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S2071832200005009     Document Type: Article

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