The constitutional court's decision in the dispute between the supreme court and the judicial commission: Banishing judicial accountability?

Indonesia: Democracy and the Promise of Good Governance

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 178-199

  Butt, Simon ^a  

^a Asian Law Group Pty Ltd   (Australia)

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