Rights, Rules, and Democracy

Protecting Human Rights: Instruments and Institutions

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages

  Kay, Richard S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Constitutional judicial review; Constitutional rights; Constitutions; Democracy; Legal system; Rules

Indexed keywords

EID: 84919663878     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199264063.003.0006     Document Type: Chapter

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