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The rational enforcement of international law: solving the sanctioners’ dilemma

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 July 2009

Alexander Thompson
Alexander Thompson*
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Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
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E-mail: Thompson.1191@osu.edu
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Symposium on Andrew Guzman's How International Law Works
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International Theory , Volume 1 , Issue 2 , July 2009 , pp. 307 - 321
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