The Non-Ratification Scenario: Legal and Practical Responses to Mixed Treaty Rejection by Member States

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The Non-Ratification Scenario: Legal and Practical Responses to Mixed Treaty Rejection by Member States. / Kübek, Gesa.
in: European Foreign Affairs Review, Jahrgang 23, Nr. 1, 2018, S. 21-40.

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