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The Copenhagen Criteria and the Evolution of Popular Consent to EU Norms: From Legality to Normative Justifiability in Poland and the Czech Republic

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Tamvaki, D. (2006). The Copenhagen Criteria and the Evolution of Popular Consent to EU Norms: From Legality to Normative Justifiability in Poland and the Czech Republic. In: Sadurski, W., Czarnota, A., Krygier, M. (eds) Spreading Democracy and the Rule of Law?. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-3842-9_7

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