An ocean away: Eighteenth-century drafting in England and America

The Origins of the Necessary and Proper Clause

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 35-51

  Lawson, Gary ^a   Seidman, Guy I ^b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INTERDISCIPLINARY CENTER   (Israel)

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EID: 84926129698     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511760815.003     Document Type: Chapter

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