The Price of Free Meals: Rethinking Its Constitutionality within a Progressive Realization Framework
Date Published : 4 June 2026
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Andi Sitti Ainy Nur Alifah
Constitutional Law, Faculty of Law, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Indonesia
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Fitria Amesti Wulandari
Constitutional Law, Faculty of Law, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Indonesia
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Andi Sitti Ainy Nur Alifah, A. S. A. N. A., & Fitria Amesti Wulandari, F. A. W. (2026). The Price of Free Meals: Rethinking Its Constitutionality within a Progressive Realization Framework. Lex Recente: Proceedings of the International Conference on Contemporary Law, 2(1), 20-31. https://conference.uii.ac.id/isc/paper/view/667