The Case for a (European?) law of reputational feedback systems

  1. Ricardo Pazos
Revista:
Indret: Revista para el Análisis del Derecho

ISSN: 1698-739X

Ano de publicación: 2021

Número: 3

Tipo: Artigo

DOI: 10.31009/INDRET.2021.I3.07 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openAcceso aberto editor

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