Presidential vetoes in Latin American constitutions

Journal of Theoretical Politics

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 98-120

  Alemán, Eduarde ^a   Schwartz, Thomas ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UCLA ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Constitutions; Executive veto; Extensive game forms; Paradoxes; Parliamentary procedures; Presidential systems

Indexed keywords

EID: 31944433118     PISSN: 09516298     EISSN: 14603667     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0951629806059598     Document Type: Article

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