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3 - Global labor rights as duties of justice

from Part I - Justice in a global labour market: philosophical foundations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 May 2016

Yossi Dahan
Affiliation:
College of Law and Business, Ramat Gan
Hanna Lerner
Affiliation:
Tel-Aviv University
Faina Milman-Sivan
Affiliation:
University of Haifa, Israel
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