Interlopers and field change: The entry of U.S. news into the field of legal education

Administrative Science Quarterly

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 209-234

  Sauder, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

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EID: 51549112567     PISSN: 00018392     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2189/asqu.53.2.209     Document Type: Review

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