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Impossibility and Related Doctrines in Contract Law: An Economic Analysis

1977; University of Chicago Press; Volume: 6; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1086/467564

1537-5366

Richard A. Posner, Andrew M. Rosenfield,

European and International Contract Law

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