How to measure constitutional rigidity: Four concepts and two alternatives

Journal of Theoretical Politics

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 339-361

  Lorenz, Astrid ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Constitutional amendments; Constitutional politics; Constitutional rigidity; Index construction

Indexed keywords

EID: 22544473877     PISSN: 09516298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0951629805052883     Document Type: Article

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