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Upper Houses and Constitutional Amendment Rules. In Search of (Supra)National Paradigm(s) 上院和宪法修改规则。寻找(超)国家范式

Florida International University College of Law Legal Studies Research Paper Series Pub Date : 2016-05-02 DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.2784947

N. Rodean

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Agricultural Biotechnology: Drawing on International Law to Promote Progress 农业生物技术:利用国际法促进进步

Florida International University College of Law Legal Studies Research Paper Series Pub Date : 2015-04-01 DOI: 10.2139/SSRN.2574093

J. Janewa OseiTutu

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Constitutional Pathology, the War on Terror, and United States v. Klein 宪法病理学，反恐战争，美国诉克莱因案

Florida International University College of Law Legal Studies Research Paper Series Pub Date : 2010-08-14 DOI: 10.2139/SSRN.1659043

H. Wasserman

引用次数: 2