Constitutional negotiations: Political contexts of judicial activism in post-Soviet Europe

International Sociology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 219-238+285

  Scheppele, Kim Lane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA LAW SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Comparative courts; Constitutionalism; Democratic theory; Judicial review

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037496113     PISSN: 02685809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0268580903018001012     Document Type: Conference Paper

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