Originalism and the unwritten constitution

University of Illinois Law Review

Volumn 2013, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1935-1984

  Solum, Lawrence B ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY LAW CENTER   (United States)

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