Judicial review, socio-economic rights and the human rights act

Judicial Review, Socio-Economic Rights and the Human Rights Act

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 1-384

  Palmer, Ellie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

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