The WTO and the limits of distributive justice

Philosophy and Social Criticism

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 243-267

  Maffettone, Pietro ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Basic institution; Distributive justice; Global justice; John Rawls; TRIPS; WTO

Indexed keywords

EID: 61349141161     PISSN: 01914537     EISSN: 1461734X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0191453708100230     Document Type: Article

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