Slaughterhouse-Six: Updating the Law of War

German Law Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 525-544

  Morgan, Ed ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

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EID: 84881797236     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20718322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S2071832200012670     Document Type: Article

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