Social capital and constraints on legal careers

Law and Society Review

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 445-480

  Dinovitzer, Ronit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

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EID: 33748684426     PISSN: 00239216     EISSN: 15405893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-5893.2006.00268.x     Document Type: Article

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