PAPM 1000 Chapter Notes - Chapter Reading: Individual And Group Rights, Legal Personality, Presupposition

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Public Affairs and Policy Management
• Course: PAPM 1000
• Professor: Marc Andre Gagnon

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