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    Larry Alexander

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    Stephan Kirste

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    Tetsu Sakurai

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Alexander, L. (2018). Constitutionalism. In: Sellers, M., Kirste, S. (eds) Encyclopedia of the Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-6730-0_382-1

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