On the Possibility of a Criminal Law Defence for Conscientious Objection

Canadian Journal of Law and Jurisprudence

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 387-439

  Kugler, Itzhak ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

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EID: 85007536617     PISSN: 08418209     EISSN: 20564260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0841820900001582     Document Type: Review

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