Modem international law was founded on a persuasive argument: Grotius' reasoning that agreements between States were analogous to agreements in private law. The development of international law continues to depend on techniques of argumentation in many contexts -in the work of the Legal Adviser to n
Argumentation and interpretation in law
โ Scribed by Neil Maccormick
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Year
- 1995
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 919 KB
- Volume
- 9
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0920-427X
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