Faithful servants of the regime: The Brazilian constitutional court's role under the 1988 Constitution

Courts in Latin America

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 128-153

  Brinks, Daniel M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511976520.006     Document Type: Chapter

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