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Human Rights and the Ethics of Globalization, by Daniel E. Lee and Elizabeth J. Lee. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2010. Paperback, xvi + 264 pages. ISBN: 978-0521519335.
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 23 January 2015
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