Banking on reform in 2010: Is regulatory change ever enough and will the general election hold the answers for the financial services industry?

Law Teacher

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 218-234

  Chambers, Clare ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 79959188295     PISSN: 03069400     EISSN: 19430353     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03069400.2010.486281     Document Type: Article

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