The political foundations of democracy and the rule of law

American Political Science Review

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 245-263

  Weingast, Barry R ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0031507203     PISSN: 00030554     EISSN: 15375943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2952354     Document Type: Article

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