The economics of the bill of rights

American Law and Economics Review

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-60

  Mialon, Hugo M ^a   Rubin, Paul H ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 43549083910     PISSN: 14657252     EISSN: 14657260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aler/ahn002     Document Type: Article

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