A pandora's box in Commonwealth Caribbean pubic law: the approach of the caribbean court of justice to the doctrine of legitimate expectation
| Author | Albert K. Fiadjoe |
| Position | Professor of Public Law, University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus, Barbados |
| Pages | 10-32 |
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