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Feb 2021
33m 35s

Two Visions of the International Rule of...

OXFORD UNIVERSITY
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Professor Monica Hakimi, University of Michigan, gives a talk for the PIL discussion series. When we speak of the rule of law, we generally mean to describe the attributes that make law, as an enterprise, worthwhile--the qualities that lead us to aspire to live in a society governed by law. Though international lawyers commonly invoke the concept, we have de ... Show More
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