The Restructuring of Soviet Commercial Law and Its Impact on International Business Transactions

Date

1990

Citation

Paul B. Stephan, The Restructuring of Soviet Commercial Law and Its Impact on International Business Transactions, 24 George Washington Journal of International Law & Economics, 89–102 (1990).

UVA Law Faculty Affiliations

Paul B. Stephan

Public Policy and Regulation

John W. Glynn Jr. Law & Business Program

Center for International & Comparative Law

Virginia Center for Tax Law

National Security Law Center

Center for Public Law and Political Economy

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