Executive Prerogative and the “Good Officer” in Thomas Jefferson's Letter to John B. Colvin

Presidential Studies Quarterly

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 732-754

  Bailey, Jeremy David ^a  

^a EASTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 85055304908     PISSN: 03604918     EISSN: 17415705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-5705.2004.00221.x     Document Type: Article

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