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Numbers in an emergency: the many roles of indicators in the COVID-19 crisis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 June 2021

David Nelken  and
Mathias Siems
David Nelken
Affiliation:
King's College London, UK
Mathias Siems*
Affiliation:
European University Institute, Italy, and Durham University, UK (on leave)
*
*Corresponding author. E-mail: mathias.siems@eui.eu
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International Journal of Law in Context , Volume 17 , Special Issue 2: Numbers in an emergency: The many roles of indicators in the COVID-19 crisis , June 2021 , pp. 161 - 167
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