Does the Australian competition and consumer commission engage in "trial by media"?

Law and Policy

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 549-577

  Yeung, Karen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 27944436984     PISSN: 02658240     EISSN: 14679930     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9930.2005.00211.x     Document Type: Article

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