Sovereignty, opinion and revolution in Edmund Burke

History of European Ideas

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 99-120

  Bourke, Richard ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0033130487     PISSN: 01916599     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0191-6599(99)00026-1     Document Type: Article

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