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Mila Versteeg

Constitutions and Constitutionalism

Mila Versteeg
Co-author(s)

Vicki C. Jackson

Date
2021
Citation
Vicki C. Jackson & Mila Versteeg, Constitutions and Constitutionalism, in Comparative Constitutional Law, Routledge, 1–6 (2021).
UVA Law Faculty Affiliations
Mila Versteeg
Center for International & Comparative Law
Constitutional Law and Legal History
Human Rights Program
Center for the Study of Race and Law
Center for Public Law and Political Economy
Center for Empirical Studies in Law
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