Dead letter prohibitions and policy failures: Applying government ethics standards to personal services contractors

George Washington Law Review

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 668-702

  Swan, Collin D ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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