How will the European Court of Human Rights deal with the UK in Iraq?: Lessons from Turkey and Russia

The Iraq War and International Law

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 285-312

  Bowring, Bill ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

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