The internet and lawyers in Ghana: Some initial qualitative perspectives

Library Review

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 311-322

  Hinson, Robert ^a   Atuguba, Raymond ^b   Ofori, Dan ^a   Fobih, Julius ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GHANA BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Ghana)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Ghana; Internet; Lawyers

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247271449     PISSN: 00242535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00242530710743534     Document Type: Article

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