The CISG’s Expansion Bias: A Comment on Franco Ferrari

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PUBLISHER

International Review of Law & Economics

DATE

2005

Steven D. Walt

Steven D. Walt, The CISG’s Expansion Bias: A Comment on Franco Ferrari, 25 International Review of Law & Economics 342-349 (2005).

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