Enforcement

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Enforcement. / Tams, Christian J.
Making Treaties Work: Human Rights, Environment and Arms Control. ed. / Geir Ulfstein. Cambridge University Press, 2007. p. 391-411.

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Harvard

Tams, CJ 2007, Enforcement. in G Ulfstein (ed.), Making Treaties Work: Human Rights, Environment and Arms Control. Cambridge University Press, pp. 391-411. https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511494345.018

APA

Tams, C. J. (2007). Enforcement. In G. Ulfstein (Ed.), Making Treaties Work: Human Rights, Environment and Arms Control (pp. 391-411). Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511494345.018

Vancouver

Tams CJ. Enforcement. In Ulfstein G, editor, Making Treaties Work: Human Rights, Environment and Arms Control. Cambridge University Press. 2007. p. 391-411 doi: 10.1017/CBO9780511494345.018

Bibtex

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