Between the constitution and the deep blue sea: Contractual controls on opportunism aboard pirate vessels

Constitutional Political Economy

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 49-61

  Anderson, Gary M ^a   Gifford Jr , Adam ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 53249147216     PISSN: 10434062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00143479     Document Type: Article

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