Legislating personhood: Realising the right to support in exercising legal capacity

International Journal of Law in Context

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 81-104

  Flynn, Eilionoir ^a   Arstein Kerslake, Anna ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

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EID: 84897903486     PISSN: 17445523     EISSN: 17445531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1744552313000384     Document Type: Article

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