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Illegal Peace in Africa: An Inquiry into the Legality of Power Sharing with Warlords, Rebels, and Junta. By Jeremy I. Levitt. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2012. 301 pages.
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 09 March 2016
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- Canadian Yearbook of International Law/Annuaire canadien de droit international , Volume 50 , 2013 , pp. 633 - 640
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- Copyright © The Canadian Council on International Law / Conseil Canadien de Droit International, representing the Board of Editors, Canadian Yearbook of International Law / Comité de Rédaction, Annuaire Canadien de Droit International 2013
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1 Levitt, Jeremy I, Illegal Peace in Africa: An Inquiry into the Legality of Power Sharing with Warlords, Rebels, and Junta (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2012)CrossRefGoogle Scholar
2 Ibid at 16.
3 Ibid at 9.
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5 Peace Agreement between the Government of Sierra Leone and the Revolutionary United Front of Sierra Leone, 7 July 1999, online: United Nations Peacemaker <http://peacemaker.un.org/sierraleone-lomeagreement99>.
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