The international law of watercourses: New dimensions

Collected Courses of the Xiamen Academy of International Law

Volumn 3, Issue , 2011, Pages 347-491

  Wouters, Patricia ^a  

^a University of Dundee   (United States)

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EID: 84939179391     PISSN: 18754678     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1163/9789004204119_006     Document Type: Article

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