Comparative International Law: Framing the Field

CO-AUTHORS Anthea Roberts

PUBLISHER

American Journal of International Law

DATE

2015

UVA Law Faculty Affiliations

Paul B. Stephan

Pierre-Hugues Verdier

Mila Versteeg

Anthea Roberts et al., Comparative International Law: Framing the Field, 109 American Journal of International Law 467-474 (2015).

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