Toward Constitutional Democracy in Iraq: An American Perspective

Date

2005

Citation

A. E. Dick Howard, Toward Constitutional Democracy in Iraq: An American Perspective, 91 American Oxonian 268 (2005).

UVA Law Faculty Affiliations

A. E. Dick Howard

Center for International & Comparative Law

Constitutional Law and Legal History

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