Lawyers and corporate scandals

Legal Ethics

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 54-84

  Wald, Eli ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

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EID: 84862592345     PISSN: 1460728X     EISSN: 17578450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1460728X.2004.11424199     Document Type: Article

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