Legal complexes and the fight for political liberalism in New African democracies: Comparative insights from Malawi, Zambia, and Namibia

Fates of Political Liberalism in the British Post-Colony: The Politics of the Legal Complex

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 455-490

  VonDoepp, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

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EID: 84923507426     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9781139002981.017     Document Type: Chapter

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