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To kill is not the same as to let die: a reply to Coggon
- Professor Hugh V McLachlan, School of Law and Social Sciences, Glasgow Caledonian University, Glasgow, UK; H.McLachlan{at}gcal.ac.uk
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To kill is not the same as to let die: a reply to Coggon
Publication history
- Received September 14, 2008
- Revised February 8, 2009
- Accepted March 31, 2009
- First published June 30, 2009.
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June 30, 2009
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