Enacting bills of rights: Canada and the curious case of New Zealand's "thin" democracy

Human Rights Quarterly

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 152-188

  Leane, G W G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEMOCRACY; HUMAN RIGHTS; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; POLITICAL SYSTEM;

AUSTRALASIA; CANADA; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 1542650992     PISSN: 02750392     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hrq.2004.0006     Document Type: Article

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