Consent and caution: Lassa Oppenheim and his reaction to World War I

Peace Treaties and International Law in European History: From the Late Middle Ages to World War One

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 270-288

  Schmoeckel, Mathias ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

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EID: 84920488369     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511494239.013     Document Type: Chapter

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