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Foreseeing Liability for Breach of EC Law. Reflections on the ECJ’s Differing Notions of Illegality

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Cornils, M. (2006). Foreseeing Liability for Breach of EC Law. Reflections on the ECJ’s Differing Notions of Illegality. In: Koziol, H., Steininger, B.C. (eds) European Tort Law 2005. Tort and Insurance Law, vol 2005. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-211-31136-3_2

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