The Strength of Weak Review: National Courts, Interpretive Canons, and Human Rights Treaties

Pierre-Hugues Verdier; Mila Versteeg; ;

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The Strength of Weak Review: National Courts, Interpretive Canons, and Human Rights Treaties

Pierre-Hugues Verdier

Mila Versteeg

CO-AUTHORS Yonatan Lupu

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International Studies Quarterly

DATE

2019

UVA Law Faculty Affiliations

Pierre-Hugues Verdier

Mila Versteeg

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Yonatan Lupu, Pierre-Hugues Verdier & Mila Versteeg, The Strength of Weak Review: National Courts, Interpretive Canons, and Human Rights Treaties, 63 International Studies Quarterly 507-520 (2019).

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