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10 - Mass torts and arbitration

Lessons fromAbaclat v. Argentine Republic

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 November 2015

Miquel Martín-Casals
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Universitat de Girona, Spain
Diego M. Papayannis
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Universitat de Girona, Spain
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