Legislative Development in Africa最新文献

Legislative Institutionalization in Time 适时的立法制度化

Legislative Development in Africa Pub Date : 2019-06-30 DOI: 10.1017/9781108684651.008

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Index 指数

Legislative Development in Africa Pub Date : 2019-06-30 DOI: 10.1017/9781108684651.011

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Conclusion 结论

Legislative Development in Africa Pub Date : 2019-06-30 DOI: 10.1017/9781108684651.010

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Electoral Politics and Legislative Independence 选举政治与立法独立

Legislative Development in Africa Pub Date : 2019-06-30 DOI: 10.1017/9781108684651.009

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Intra-Elite Politics and Credible Commitment 精英内部政治与可信承诺

Legislative Development in Africa Pub Date : 2019-06-30 DOI: 10.1017/9781108684651.005

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Legislative Development in Africa 非洲的立法发展

Legislative Development in Africa Pub Date : 2019-06-17 DOI: 10.1017/9781108684651.004

K. Opalo

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Colonial Origins of Parliaments in Kenya and Zambia 肯尼亚和赞比亚议会的殖民起源

Legislative Development in Africa Pub Date : 2019-06-01 DOI: 10.1017/9781108684651.006

K. Opalo

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Elite Control and Legislative Development 精英控制与立法发展

Legislative Development in Africa Pub Date : 2019-06-01 DOI: 10.1017/9781108684651.007

K. Opalo

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