The New Responsive Constitutionalism.

Ideas of responsive law and regulation have been the subject of sustained scholarly attention but only recently have scholars turned their attention to what these ideas mean for constitutional law and governance. The article addresses this gap in the literature by exploring the idea of responsivenes...

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Publicado en:Modern Law Review Vol. 87; no. 4; pp. 799 - 833
Autor principal: Dixon, Rosalind
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Wiley-Blackwell Jul2024
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