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Law in Context

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 December 2025

Ergün Cakal
Ergün Cakal
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Law and Torture
Widening the Apertures from the Doctrinal to the Critical
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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2025

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