Lincoln's example: Executive power and the survival of constitutionalism

Perspectives on Politics

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 801-816

  Kleinerman, Benjamin A ^a  

^a VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1017/S1537592705050450     Document Type: Article

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