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Automated Decision-Making and the Precautionary Principle in EU Law Cover

Automated Decision-Making and the Precautionary Principle in EU Law

By: Joanna Mazur  
Open Access
|Dec 2019

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/bjes-2019-0035 | Journal eISSN: 2674-4619 | Journal ISSN: 2674-4600
Language: English
Page range: 3 - 18
Published on: Dec 31, 2019
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