10.5937/zrpfns48-5749 = Specific questions of mistake of fact and mistake of law in criminal law
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عنوان ژورنال: Zbornik radova Pravnog fakulteta, Novi Sad
سال: 2014
ISSN: 0550-2179
DOI: 10.5937/zrpfns48-5749