Incorporated legal practices: Dragging the regulation of the legal profession into the modern era

Legal Ethics

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 241-254

  Briton, John ^a   McLean, Scott ^b  

^a Legal Services Commissioner   (Australia)

^b Legal Services Commissiom   (Australia)

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EID: 84862595255     PISSN: 1460728X     EISSN: 17578450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1460728X.2008.11423914     Document Type: Note

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