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The Legacy and Authority of the Founders
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 August 2009
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- Review Essay
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- The Review of Politics , Volume 56 , Issue 3: Special Issue on Public Law , Summer 1994 , pp. 555 - 577
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- Copyright © University of Notre Dame 1994
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