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- ↑ Dieter Mahncke, Léonce Bekemans, Robert Picht, The College of Europe. Fifty years of service to Europe, College of Europe, Bruges, 1999. He practiced as a lawyer in Luxemburg for several years, than as a judge at the national district Court in Luxembourg. ISBN 9080498319
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