Institutionalising trust: Ethics and the responsive regulation of the legal profession

Legal Ethics

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 148-168

  Webb, Julian ^a   Nicolson, Donald ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 22644442477     PISSN: 1460728X     EISSN: 17578450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1460728X.1999.11424104     Document Type: Article

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