Glass slippers and glass ceilings: Women in the legal profession

International Journal of the Legal Profession

Volumn 3, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 7-43

  Skordaki, Eleni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84859970040     PISSN: 09695958     EISSN: 14699257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09695958.1996.9960409     Document Type: Article

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