Property Law and Economic Rights under Perestroyka: A Sovietologist’s Perspective

Date

1991

Citation

Paul B. Stephan, Property Law and Economic Rights under Perestroyka: A Sovietologist’s Perspective, in The Moscow Conference on Law and Bilateral Economic Relations, American Bar Association, 291–293 (1991).

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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