Burger Court (1969-1986)

Date

2000

Citation

A. E. Dick Howard, Burger Court (1969-1986), in Encyclopedia of the American Constitution, Macmillan Reference USA, 272–278 (2 ed. 2000).

UVA Law Faculty Affiliations

A. E. Dick Howard

Center for International & Comparative Law

Constitutional Law and Legal History

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