Building a better lawyer discipline system: The Queensland experience

Legal Ethics

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 187-210

  Levin, Leslie C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

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EID: 84911012923     PISSN: 1460728X     EISSN: 17578450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1460728X.2006.11424261     Document Type: Article

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