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Stanford/Yale Junior Faculty Forum Pub Date : 2001-06-01 DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.274729

M. Meurer

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引用次数: 35

Labour and Intersubjectivity: Notes on the Natural Law of Copyright 劳动与主体间性:关于著作权自然法的注解

Stanford/Yale Junior Faculty Forum Pub Date : 1900-01-01 DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.275470

Abraham Drassinower

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引用次数: 1