Presidential dominance from a comparative perspective: The relationship between the executive branch and regulatory agencies in Brazil

Comparative Administrative Law

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 225-245

  Prado, Mariana Mota ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

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