“Charity and beating begins at home”: The aetiology of the new culture of pro bono publico

Legal Ethics

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 169-191

  Boon, Andrew ^a   Whyte, Avis ^a  

^a University of Westminster School of Law   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84921650871     PISSN: 1460728X     EISSN: 17578450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1460728X.1999.11424105     Document Type: Article

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