Constitution-Making, Methodology, and Interpretation

Mila Versteeg; ;

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Constitution-Making, Methodology, and Interpretation

Mila Versteeg

CO-AUTHORS Vicki C. Jackson

PUBLISHER

Routledge

DATE

2021

UVA Law Faculty Affiliations

Mila Versteeg

Citation

Vicki C. Jackson & Mila Versteeg, Constitution-Making, Methodology, and Interpretation, in Jackson,Vicki C. & Versteeg, Mila Comparative Constitutional Law, Routledge, 1-7 (2021).

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