Reframing Deliberative Cosmopolitanism: Perspectives on Transnationalisation and Post-national Democracy from Labor Law

German Law Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1007-1041

  O'Brien, Claire Methven ^a  

^a EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (Italy)

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EID: 84920391148     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20718322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S2071832200000262     Document Type: Article

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