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In Defence of Westminster

Philippe Lagassé

Analysis and opinions on the Crown, Parliament, and executive-legislative relations in Westminster states.

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I have a new academic article out, co-authored with Ian Brodie and Vincent Rigby.

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A pre-print of the paper is available at SSRN.

Here are the details:

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