Service beyond self-interest? Australian lawyers, legal aid and professionalism

International Journal of the Legal Profession

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 251-273

  Noone, Mary Anne ^a   Tomsen, Stephen ^b  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

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EID: 33847299899     PISSN: 09695958     EISSN: 14699257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09695950220141043     Document Type: Note

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