Localizing global rules: Public participation in lawmaking in Vietnam

Law and Social Inquiry

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 673-707

  Gillespie, John ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 50249133699     PISSN: 08976546     EISSN: 17474469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-4469.2008.00118.x     Document Type: Review

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