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"title" => "Corporate Opportunities in the UA and in the UK: How Differences in Enforcement Exmplain Differences in Substantive Fiduciary Duties
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"description" => "GELTER, M. et HELLERINGER, G. (2018). Corporate Opportunities in the UA and in the UK: How Differences in Enforcement Exmplain Differences in Substantive Fiduciary Duties. Dans: <i>Research Handbook on Fiduciary Law</i>. 1st ed. Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, pp. 331-352.
GELTER, M. et HELLERINGER, G. (2018). Corporate Opportunities in the UA and in the UK: How Differenc
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