The legal framework for nonprofit organizations

The Nonprofit Sector: A Research Handbook

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 243-266

  Brody, Evelyn ^a  

^a CHICAGO KENT COLLEGE OF LAW   (United States)

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