On Reading the Constitution

Michael C. Dorf

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$34.00 • £27.95 • €30.50

ISBN 9780674636262

Publication Date: 01/01/1993

Short

164 pages

6-1/8 x 9-1/4 inches

1 line illustration

World

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Laurence H. Tribe is Carl M. Loeb University Professor, Harvard Law School.

Michael C. Dorf is Robert S. Stevens Professor of Law at Cornell Law School.

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