‘I just drifted into it’: Constraints faced by publicly funded family lawyers

International Journal of the Legal Profession

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 281-300

  Melville, Angela ^a   Laing, Karen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 77951738317     PISSN: 09695958     EISSN: 14699257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09695950802015864     Document Type: Article

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