Do bills of rights matter? The Canadian charter of rights and freedoms

American Political Science Review

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 765-779

  Epp, Charles R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

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EID: 0030305716     PISSN: 00030554     EISSN: 15375943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2945841     Document Type: Article

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