Interpreting Constitutions A Comparative Study
, by Goldsworthy, JeffreyNote: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.
- ISBN: 9780199274130 | 0199274134
- Cover: Hardcover
- Copyright: 4/13/2006
This book describes the constitutions of six major federations and how they have been interpreted by their highest courts, compares the interpretive methods that have guided the courts, and explores the reasons for major differences between these methods. Each of the six federations is the subject of a separate chapter written by a leading authority, which describes not only the interpretive methodology currently used, but the evolution of that methodology since the constitution in question was first enacted. The book also includes a concluding chapter that compares these methodologies, and attempts to explain variations by reference to different social, historical, institutional and political circumstances.
Jeffrey Goldsworthy holds a Personal Chair at Monash University. His major interests are legal philosophy, and constitutional law, theory, and history. He has numerous publications in these fields, and is best known for his book The Sovereignty of Parliament, History and Philosophy (Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1999), and many journal articles on constitutional interpretation.
Preface | xiii | ||||
List of Contributors | xv | ||||
Abbreviations | xvii | ||||
Introduction | 1 | (6) | |||
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1. The United States: Eclecticism in the Service of Pragmatism | 7 | (48) | |||
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8 | (1) | |||
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10 | (2) | |||
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12 | (3) | |||
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15 | (2) | |||
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17 | (32) | |||
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17 | (5) | |||
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22 | (5) | |||
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27 | (3) | |||
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27 | (1) | |||
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28 | (1) | |||
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29 | (1) | |||
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29 | (1) | |||
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30 | (3) | |||
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33 | (2) | |||
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35 | (3) | |||
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38 | (2) | |||
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40 | (2) | |||
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42 | (2) | |||
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44 | (3) | |||
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44 | (1) | |||
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44 | (1) | |||
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45 | (2) | |||
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47 | (8) | |||
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47 | (1) | |||
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48 | (1) | |||
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49 | (6) | |||
2. Canada: From Privy Council to Supreme Court | 55 | (51) | |||
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55 | (6) | |||
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55 | (1) | |||
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56 | (1) | |||
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56 | (2) | |||
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58 | (1) | |||
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58 | (2) | |||
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60 | (1) | |||
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61 | (13) | |||
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61 | (5) | |||
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66 | (3) | |||
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69 | (3) | |||
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72 | (1) | |||
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73 | (1) | |||
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74 | (8) | |||
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74 | (3) | |||
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77 | (2) | |||
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79 | (1) | |||
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80 | (1) | |||
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80 | (2) | |||
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82 | (11) | |||
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82 | (2) | |||
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84 | (3) | |||
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87 | (1) | |||
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88 | (2) | |||
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90 | (3) | |||
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93 | (7) | |||
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93 | (2) | |||
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95 | (1) | |||
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96 | (4) | |||
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100 | (6) | |||
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100 | (2) | |||
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102 | (1) | |||
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103 | (3) | |||
3. Australia: Devotion to Legalism | 106 | (55) | |||
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106 | (8) | |||
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106 | (4) | |||
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110 | (2) | |||
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112 | (2) | |||
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114 | (41) | |||
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114 | (1) | |||
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115 | (6) | |||
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121 | (15) | |||
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121 | (2) | |||
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123 | (1) | |||
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123 | (5) | |||
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128 | (2) | |||
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130 | (1) | |||
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130 | (1) | |||
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131 | (2) | |||
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133 | (2) | |||
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135 | (1) | |||
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136 | (1) | |||
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136 | (1) | |||
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136 | (8) | |||
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136 | (5) | |||
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141 | (3) | |||
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144 | (8) | |||
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145 | (3) | |||
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148 | (2) | |||
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150 | (2) | |||
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152 | (3) | |||
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155 | (3) | |||
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158 | (3) | |||
4. Germany: Balancing Rights and Duties | 161 | (54) | |||
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161 | (16) | |||
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162 | (5) | |||
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163 | (2) | |||
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165 | (2) | |||
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167 | (5) | |||
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167 | (1) | |||
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168 | (1) | |||
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169 | (2) | |||
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171 | (1) | |||
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172 | (5) | |||
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173 | (1) | |||
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174 | (1) | |||
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175 | (2) | |||
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177 | (35) | |||
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177 | (12) | |||
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179 | (4) | |||
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183 | (1) | |||
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184 | (2) | |||
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186 | (3) | |||
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189 | (7) | |||
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189 | (1) | |||
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190 | (1) | |||
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191 | (1) | |||
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192 | (1) | |||
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193 | (1) | |||
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194 | (2) | |||
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196 | (10) | |||
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197 | (2) | |||
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199 | (1) | |||
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201 | (2) | |||
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203 | (1) | |||
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204 | (2) | |||
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206 | (9) | |||
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206 | (1) | |||
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207 | (1) | |||
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208 | (2) | |||
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210 | (1) | |||
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211 | (1) | |||
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212 | (3) | |||
5. India: From Positivism to Structuralism | 215 | (51) | |||
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215 | (11) | |||
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215 | (1) | |||
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216 | (9) | |||
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216 | (1) | |||
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217 | (1) | |||
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218 | (2) | |||
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220 | (1) | |||
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222 | (3) | |||
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225 | (1) | |||
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226 | (37) | |||
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226 | (3) | |||
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226 | (1) | |||
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227 | (1) | |||
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227 | (2) | |||
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229 | (3) | |||
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232 | (1) | |||
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232 | (2) | |||
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234 | (2) | |||
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235 | (1) | |||
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236 | (6) | |||
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236 | (2) | |||
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238 | (1) | |||
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239 | (3) | |||
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242 | (6) | |||
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248 | (3) | |||
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251 | (10) | |||
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251 | (1) | |||
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252 | (2) | |||
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254 | (1) | |||
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255 | (1) | |||
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256 | (1) | |||
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257 | (2) | |||
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259 | (2) | |||
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261 | (2) | |||
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263 | (2) | |||
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265 | (1) | |||
6. South Africa: From Constitutional Promise to Social Transformation | 266 | (55) | |||
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266 | (18) | |||
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267 | (1) | |||
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268 | (3) | |||
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271 | (4) | |||
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275 | (3) | |||
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278 | (3) | |||
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281 | (1) | |||
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282 | (2) | |||
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284 | (8) | |||
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285 | (1) | |||
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286 | (1) | |||
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287 | (2) | |||
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289 | (3) | |||
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292 | (6) | |||
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292 | (1) | |||
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293 | (2) | |||
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295 | (1) | |||
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296 | (1) | |||
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297 | (1) | |||
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298 | (16) | |||
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299 | (3) | |||
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302 | (5) | |||
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307 | (2) | |||
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309 | (5) | |||
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314 | (6) | |||
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316 | (2) | |||
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318 | (2) | |||
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320 | (1) | |||
7. Condusions | 321 | (26) | |||
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321 | (4) | |||
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325 | (10) | |||
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326 | (2) | |||
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328 | (1) | |||
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329 | (1) | |||
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330 | (2) | |||
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332 | (2) | |||
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334 | (1) | |||
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335 | (12) | |||
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336 | (1) | |||
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337 | (1) | |||
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338 | (3) | |||
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341 | (2) | |||
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343 | (4) | |||
Index | 347 |
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