The justiciability of social rights: From practice to theory

Social Rights Jurisprudence: Emerging Trends in International and Comparative Law

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 3-45

  Langford, Malcolm ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

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EID: 84923389121     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511815485.003     Document Type: Chapter

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