The legal and regulatory response to solicitors involved in serious fraud: Is regulatory action more effective than criminal prosecution?

British Journal of Criminology

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 810-836

  Middleton, David J ^a  

^a NONE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 27844492817     PISSN: 00070955     EISSN: 14643529     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjc/azi014     Document Type: Review

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