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The Issue of the Legal Nature of the Constitutional Treaty and the System of Sources

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Irelli, V.C. (2006). The Issue of the Legal Nature of the Constitutional Treaty and the System of Sources. In: Blanke, HJ., Mangiameli, S. (eds) Governing Europe under a Constitution. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-31291-9_5

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