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Atoms Versus Bits: Consumer Protection in the (Cyber) Trade Regime

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Sonia E. Rolland*
Affiliation:
Northeastern University School of Law; Georgetown University Law Center

Abstract

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Type
Can International Law Keep Up with the Internet?
Copyright
Copyright © American Society of International Law 2015

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