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Education and Virginia’s New Constitution

A. E. Dick Howard

Date

1971-5

Citation

A. E. Dick Howard, Education and Virginia’s New Constitution, Virginia Journal of Education 10–12 (1971).

UVA Law Faculty Affiliations

A. E. Dick Howard

Center for International & Comparative Law

Constitutional Law and Legal History

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