The elected president and the legal control of government: Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?

Managing Political Change in Singapore: The Elected Presidency

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 100-143

  Li Ann, Thio ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

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