The confusion in defining plagiarism in legal education and legal practice in Australia

Journal of Commonwealth Law and Legal Education

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 37-63

  Wyburn, Mary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Admission; Fit and proper; Judicial plagiarism; Legal education; Plagiarism

Indexed keywords

EID: 70749150203     PISSN: 14760401     EISSN: 1750662X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14760400903354507     Document Type: Article

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