The legal origins of the necessary and proper clause

The Origins of the Necessary and Proper Clause

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 52-83

  Natelson, Robert G ^a  

^a Independence Institute   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511760815.004     Document Type: Chapter

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