Comity

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Comity. / Dornis, Tim W.
Encyclopedia of Private International Law. ed. / Jürgen Basedow; Franco Ferrari; Giesela Rühl; Pedro de Miguel Asensio. Vol. 1 Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2017. p. 382-391.

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Harvard

Dornis, TW 2017, Comity. in J Basedow, F Ferrari, G Rühl & P de Miguel Asensio (eds), Encyclopedia of Private International Law. vol. 1, Edward Elgar Publishing, Cheltenham, pp. 382-391. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781782547235.C.18

APA

Dornis, T. W. (2017). Comity. In J. Basedow, F. Ferrari, G. Rühl, & P. de Miguel Asensio (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Private International Law (Vol. 1, pp. 382-391). Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781782547235.C.18

Vancouver

Dornis TW. Comity. In Basedow J, Ferrari F, Rühl G, de Miguel Asensio P, editors, Encyclopedia of Private International Law. Vol. 1. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing. 2017. p. 382-391 doi: 10.4337/9781782547235.C.18

Bibtex

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