The risk of risk society and limits of law
Titolo Rivista SOCIOLOGIA DEL DIRITTO
Autori/Curatori Raffaele De Giorgi
Anno di pubblicazione 2009 Fascicolo 2009/2
Lingua Inglese Numero pagine 9 P. 59-67 Dimensione file 50 KB
DOI 10.3280/SD2009-002004
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Raffaele De Giorgi, The risk of risk society and limits of law in "SOCIOLOGIA DEL DIRITTO " 2/2009, pp 59-67, DOI: 10.3280/SD2009-002004