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Clarifying the best interests standard: the elaborative and enumerative strategies in public policy-making
- Correspondence to Chong-Ming Lim, Department of Philosophy, Nanyang Technological University, 14 Nanyang Drive, School of Humanities and Social Sciences (HSS) Building, Singapore 637332, Singapore; cm.lim{at}ntu.edu.sg
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Clarifying the best interests standard: the elaborative and enumerative strategies in public policy-making
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- Received February 13, 2016
- Revised April 6, 2016
- Accepted April 14, 2016
- First published May 4, 2016.
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July 26, 2016
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