MDPs: Toward an institutional strategy for entity regulation

Legal Ethics

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 45-65

  Chambliss, Elizabeth ^a  

^a HARVARD LAW SCHOOL   (United States)

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EID: 77951444802     PISSN: 1460728X     EISSN: 17578450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1460728X.2001.11424138     Document Type: Article

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