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PART II - Reciprocity

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 September 2009

René Provost
René Provost
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McGill University, Montréal
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Reciprocity seems to be the most effective strategy for maintaining cooperation among egoists.

Robert Keohane, After Hegemony: Cooperation and Discord in the World Political Economy (1984)

As a horizontal system, international law rests upon the logic of reciprocity in its entirety.

Bruno Simma, “Reciprocity” in Encyclopedia of Public International Law (1984)

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International Human Rights and Humanitarian Law , pp. 119 - 120
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2002

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  • Reciprocity
  • René Provost, McGill University, Montréal
  • Book: International Human Rights and Humanitarian Law
  • Online publication: 07 September 2009
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511495175.007
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  • Reciprocity
  • René Provost, McGill University, Montréal
  • Book: International Human Rights and Humanitarian Law
  • Online publication: 07 September 2009
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511495175.007
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  • Reciprocity
  • René Provost, McGill University, Montréal
  • Book: International Human Rights and Humanitarian Law
  • Online publication: 07 September 2009
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511495175.007
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