Contracting Out of the Provision of Welfare Services to Private Actors and Liability Issues

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Contracting Out of the Provision of Welfare Services to Private Actors and Liability Issues. / Ulfbeck, Vibe Garf; Andrecka, Marta.

In: Journal of European Tort Law, Vol. 8, No. 1, 2017, p. 78-99.

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Ulfbeck, VG & Andrecka, M 2017, 'Contracting Out of the Provision of Welfare Services to Private Actors and Liability Issues', Journal of European Tort Law, vol. 8, no. 1, pp. 78-99. https://doi.org/10.1515/jetl-2017-0004

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Ulfbeck, V. G., & Andrecka, M. (2017). Contracting Out of the Provision of Welfare Services to Private Actors and Liability Issues. Journal of European Tort Law, 8(1), 78-99. https://doi.org/10.1515/jetl-2017-0004

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Ulfbeck VG, Andrecka M. Contracting Out of the Provision of Welfare Services to Private Actors and Liability Issues. Journal of European Tort Law. 2017;8(1):78-99. https://doi.org/10.1515/jetl-2017-0004

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Ulfbeck, Vibe Garf ; Andrecka, Marta. / Contracting Out of the Provision of Welfare Services to Private Actors and Liability Issues. In: Journal of European Tort Law. 2017 ; Vol. 8, No. 1. pp. 78-99.

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