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Empirical Studies of Human Rights Law

Kevin Cope

Mila Versteeg

Co-author(s)

Cosette D. Creamer

Date

2019

Citation

Kevin Cope, Cosette D. Creamer & Mila Versteeg, Empirical Studies of Human Rights Law, 15 Annual Review of Law & Social Science 155–182 (2019).

UVA Law Faculty Affiliations

Kevin Cope

John W. Glynn Jr. Law & Business Program

Human Rights Program

Center for the Study of Race and Law

Immigration Law

The John M. Olin Program in Law and Economics

Center for Public Law and Political Economy

Center for Empirical Studies in Law

Mila Versteeg

Center for International & Comparative Law

Constitutional Law

Human Rights Program

Center for the Study of Race and Law

Center for Public Law and Political Economy

Center for Empirical Studies in Law

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