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What the Rejection of Anwar Ibrahim's Petition for Pardon Tells Us About Malaysia's Royal Pardons System 安华的赦免申请遭拒，让我们了解马来西亚的皇家赦免制度

Asian–Pacific Law & Policy Journal Pub Date : 2015-08-01 DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.2638610

Daniel Pascoe

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Panacea or placebo? An empirical analysis of the effect of the Japanese committee system corporate governance law reform 灵丹妙药还是安慰剂?日本委员会制公司治理法律改革效果的实证分析

Asian–Pacific Law & Policy Journal Pub Date : 2008-11-28 DOI: 10.4337/9781848445116.00012

P. Lawley

引用次数: 6