The regulatory crisis in the solicitors’ profession

Legal Ethics

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 185-216

  Davies, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84901121241     PISSN: 1460728X     EISSN: 17578450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1460728X.2003.11424190     Document Type: Article

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