A Political and Legal History of the Advisory Committee of Jurists and the Foundation of the Permanent Court of International Justice

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A Political and Legal History of the Advisory Committee of Jurists and the Foundation of the Permanent Court of International Justice. / van Leeuwen, Karin; Rasmussen, Morten.

Transforming the Politics of International Law: The Advisory Committee of Jurists and the Formation of the World Court in the League of Nations. ed. / P. Sean Morris. Routledge, 2021. p. 69-106.

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Harvard

van Leeuwen, K & Rasmussen, M 2021, A Political and Legal History of the Advisory Committee of Jurists and the Foundation of the Permanent Court of International Justice. in PS Morris (ed.), Transforming the Politics of International Law: The Advisory Committee of Jurists and the Formation of the World Court in the League of Nations. Routledge, pp. 69-106. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003020868-5

APA

van Leeuwen, K., & Rasmussen, M. (2021). A Political and Legal History of the Advisory Committee of Jurists and the Foundation of the Permanent Court of International Justice. In P. S. Morris (Ed.), Transforming the Politics of International Law: The Advisory Committee of Jurists and the Formation of the World Court in the League of Nations (pp. 69-106). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003020868-5

Vancouver

van Leeuwen K, Rasmussen M. A Political and Legal History of the Advisory Committee of Jurists and the Foundation of the Permanent Court of International Justice. In Morris PS, editor, Transforming the Politics of International Law: The Advisory Committee of Jurists and the Formation of the World Court in the League of Nations. Routledge. 2021. p. 69-106 https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003020868-5

Author

van Leeuwen, Karin ; Rasmussen, Morten. / A Political and Legal History of the Advisory Committee of Jurists and the Foundation of the Permanent Court of International Justice. Transforming the Politics of International Law: The Advisory Committee of Jurists and the Formation of the World Court in the League of Nations. editor / P. Sean Morris. Routledge, 2021. pp. 69-106

Bibtex

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