System Values and Understanding Legal Language

Leiden Journal of International Law

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 29-61

  Del Mar, Maksymilian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

fragmentation; international law; legal epistemology; system values

Indexed keywords

EID: 85009577024     PISSN: 09221565     EISSN: 14789698     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0922156507004712     Document Type: Article

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