Judicial and Extra-Judicial Review: The Quest for Epistemic Certainty

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Judicial and Extra-Judicial Review : The Quest for Epistemic Certainty. / Krajewski, Michal.

Boards of Appeal of EU Agencies: Towards Judicialization of Administrative Review?. ed. / Merijn Chamon; Annalisa Volpato; Mariolina Eliantonio. Oxford University Press, 2022.

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Harvard

Krajewski, M 2022, Judicial and Extra-Judicial Review: The Quest for Epistemic Certainty. in M Chamon, A Volpato & M Eliantonio (eds), Boards of Appeal of EU Agencies: Towards Judicialization of Administrative Review?. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780192849298.003.0013

APA

Krajewski, M. (2022). Judicial and Extra-Judicial Review: The Quest for Epistemic Certainty. In M. Chamon, A. Volpato, & M. Eliantonio (Eds.), Boards of Appeal of EU Agencies: Towards Judicialization of Administrative Review? Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780192849298.003.0013

Vancouver

Krajewski M. Judicial and Extra-Judicial Review: The Quest for Epistemic Certainty. In Chamon M, Volpato A, Eliantonio M, editors, Boards of Appeal of EU Agencies: Towards Judicialization of Administrative Review?. Oxford University Press. 2022 https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780192849298.003.0013

Author

Krajewski, Michal. / Judicial and Extra-Judicial Review : The Quest for Epistemic Certainty. Boards of Appeal of EU Agencies: Towards Judicialization of Administrative Review?. editor / Merijn Chamon ; Annalisa Volpato ; Mariolina Eliantonio. Oxford University Press, 2022.

Bibtex

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