Professional Power: Lawyers and the Constitution of Professional Authority

The Blackwell Companion to Law and Society

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 146-169

  Rostain, Tanina ^a  

^a NEW YORK LAW SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Constitution; Lawyers; Legal profession; Professional authority; Professional power

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889390610     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470693650.ch9     Document Type: Chapter

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