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Designing Effective Legislation, Maria Mousmouti, Cheltenham/Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2019, 199 pp.
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 25 March 2021
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- Book Review
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- European Journal of Risk Regulation , Volume 12 , Issue 3: Special Issue on Biotechnology in International Economic Law and Human Rights , September 2021 , pp. 735 - 737
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- © The Author(s), 2021. Published by Cambridge University Press
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