Not-so-innocents abroad: corporate criminal liability for human rights abuses

Australian Journal of Human Rights

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-32

  Clough, Jonathan ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 84881681833     PISSN: 1323238X     EISSN: 2573573X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1323238X.2005.11910792     Document Type: Article

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