States with constitutions, constitutions without states, and democracy: skeptical reflections on Scheuerman's skeptical reflection
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Ethics & Global Politics
سال: 2009
ISSN: 1654-4951,1654-6369
DOI: 10.3402/egp.v2i1.1940