Constitution or model treaty? Struggling over the interpretive authority of NAFTA

The Migration of Constitutional Ideas

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 294-315

  Schneiderman, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

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EID: 84927038622     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511493683.011     Document Type: Chapter

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