Access to justice in the World Trade Organization: A case for a small claims procedure?

World Trade Review

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 587-640

  Nordström, Håkan ^a   Shaffer, Gregory ^b  

^a National Board of Trade   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA LAW SCHOOL   (United States)

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EID: 70449109604     PISSN: 14747456     EISSN: 14753138     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1474745608003996     Document Type: Article

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