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Inácio, H. (2025). 'The Global Constitutionalization Undertaken by the United Nations' In R. Sousa, S. Nour Sckell, (Eds.), Cosmoliteratures: Cosmopolitanisms in Literatures, Literatures in Cosmopolitanisms (1st ed., pp. 87-102)
Inácio, Helena. "The Global Constitutionalization Undertaken by the United Nations". Cosmoliteratures: Cosmopolitanisms in Literatures, Literatures in Cosmopolitanisms, edited by Rui Sousa and Soraya Nour Sckell, Duncker & Humblot, 2025, pp. 87-102.
Inácio, H. (2025): 'The Global Constitutionalization Undertaken by the United Nations', in Sousa, R, Nour Sckell, S (eds.). Cosmoliteratures: Cosmopolitanisms in Literatures, Literatures in Cosmopolitanisms. Duncker & Humblot, pp. 87-102.
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The Global Constitutionalization Undertaken by the United Nations

Inácio, Helena

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Table of Contents

Section Title Page Action Price
Helena Inácio: The Global Constitutionalization Undertaken by the United Nations 87
I. Introduction 87
II. Global constitutionalism theoretical framework 88
III. The UN-led International Human Rights Regime 93
IV. Conclusion 98
Bibliography 100
Legal Sources 101

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