Precedent and the Necessary Externality of Constitutional Norms

PUBLISHER

Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy

DATE

1994

UVA Law Faculty Affiliations

Frederick Schauer

Frederick Schauer, Precedent and the Necessary Externality of Constitutional Norms, 17 Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy, 45–56 (1994).

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