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Limitation of Socio-Economic Rights in the 2010 Kenyan Constitution: A Proposal for the Adoption of a Proportionality Approach in the Judicial Adjudication of Socio-Economic Rights Disputes 2010年肯尼亚宪法对社会经济权利的限制:在社会经济权利纠纷的司法裁决中采用比例方法的建议

PSN: Constitutions & Constitutional Design (Topic) Pub Date : 2013-12-30 DOI: 10.17159/1727-3781/2013/V16I5A2433

N. Orago

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The Concept, the Comprehensiveness and the Protection of Social Rights in Brazil and Some Characteristics of These Rights in South America 巴西社会权利的概念、全面性、保障及南美洲社会权利的一些特点

PSN: Constitutions & Constitutional Design (Topic) Pub Date : 2012-11-30 DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.3205542

M. Figueiredo

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Interpreting the Treaty -- Questions of Native Title, Territorial Government and Searching for Constitutional Histories 解读条约——原住民所有权、领土政府问题与宪政历史的探寻

PSN: Constitutions & Constitutional Design (Topic) Pub Date : 1900-01-01 DOI: 10.2139/SSRN.2873865

Mark Hickford

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