Business and human rights: Understanding the UN guiding principles from the perspective of transnational business governance interactions

Transnational Legal Theory

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 399-434

  Buhmann, Karin ^a  

^a Department of International Economics and Management   (Denmark)

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EID: 85017316626     PISSN: 20414005     EISSN: 20414013     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/20414005.2015.1073516     Document Type: Article

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