Constitutional amendment rules: A comparative perspective

Comparative Constitutional Law

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 96-111

  Dixon, Rosalind ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO LAW SCHOOL   (United States)

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EID: 84890606803     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4337/9780857931214.00012     Document Type: Chapter

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