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11 - The Specificity of the Crime of Aggression

from Part II - Theory

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 April 2017

Claus Kreß
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Universität zu Köln
Stefan Barriga
Affiliation:
United Nations, New York
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The Crime of Aggression
A Commentary
, pp. 307 - 350
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2016

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