Constitutionalism without constitution: Transnational elites between political mobilization and legal expertise in the making of a constitution for Europe (1940s-1960s)

Law and Social Inquiry

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 109-135

  Cohen, Antonin ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE PICARDIE JULES VERNE   (France)

^b Pôle Universitaire Cathédrale   (France)

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EID: 33847352211     PISSN: 08976546     EISSN: 17474469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-4469.2007.00052.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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