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PART III - Application: law and facts

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 September 2009

René Provost
René Provost
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McGill University, Montréal
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“When I use a word,” Humpty Dumpty said in a rather scornful tone, “it means just what I choose it to mean - neither more nor less.” “The question is,” said Alice, “whether you can make words mean so many different things.” “The question is,” said Humpty Dumpty, “which is to be the master that's all.”

Lewis Carroll, Through the Looking Glass (1872)

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International Human Rights and Humanitarian Law , pp. 239 - 240
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2002

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  • Application: law and facts
  • René Provost, McGill University, Montréal
  • Book: International Human Rights and Humanitarian Law
  • Online publication: 07 September 2009
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511495175.013
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  • Application: law and facts
  • René Provost, McGill University, Montréal
  • Book: International Human Rights and Humanitarian Law
  • Online publication: 07 September 2009
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511495175.013
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  • Application: law and facts
  • René Provost, McGill University, Montréal
  • Book: International Human Rights and Humanitarian Law
  • Online publication: 07 September 2009
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511495175.013
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