Globalization as boundary-blurring: International and local law firms in China's corporate law market

Law and Society Review

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 771-804

  Liu, Sida ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

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EID: 56649094169     PISSN: 00239216     EISSN: 15405893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-5893.2008.00358.x     Document Type: Article

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