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Representative Legislatures, Grammars of Political Representation, and the Generality of Statutes

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Representative Legislatures, Grammars of Political Representation, and the Generality of Statutes. / Tsarapatsanis, Dimitrios.

In: Ratio Juris. An International Journal in Jurisprudence and Philosophy of Law, Vol. 31, No. 4, 19.11.2018, p. 444-459.

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Tsarapatsanis, D 2018, 'Representative Legislatures, Grammars of Political Representation, and the Generality of Statutes', Ratio Juris. An International Journal in Jurisprudence and Philosophy of Law, vol. 31, no. 4, pp. 444-459. https://doi.org/10.1111/raju.12226

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Tsarapatsanis, D. (2018). Representative Legislatures, Grammars of Political Representation, and the Generality of Statutes. Ratio Juris. An International Journal in Jurisprudence and Philosophy of Law, 31(4), 444-459. https://doi.org/10.1111/raju.12226

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Tsarapatsanis D. Representative Legislatures, Grammars of Political Representation, and the Generality of Statutes. Ratio Juris. An International Journal in Jurisprudence and Philosophy of Law. 2018 Nov 19;31(4):444-459. https://doi.org/10.1111/raju.12226

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Tsarapatsanis, Dimitrios. / Representative Legislatures, Grammars of Political Representation, and the Generality of Statutes. In: Ratio Juris. An International Journal in Jurisprudence and Philosophy of Law. 2018 ; Vol. 31, No. 4. pp. 444-459.

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