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Names: Hailbronner, Michaela author
Title: Arguments from failure : institutional expansion in comparative public and international law / Michaela Hailbronner, University of Münster.
Description: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2025. | Series: Cambridge studies in constitutional law | Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Subjects: LCSH: Public law | International law
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