Democracy and Distrust: A Theory of Judicial Review
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Democracy and Distrust : A Theory of Judicial Review by John Hart Ely
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عنوان ژورنال: Columbia Law Review
سال: 1980
ISSN: 0010-1958
DOI: 10.2307/1122144