Transgressive cause lawyering: Practice sites and the politicization of the professional

International Journal of the Legal Profession

Volumn 5, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 209-253

  Scheingold, Stuart ^a   Bloom, Anne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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EID: 84924727159     PISSN: 09695958     EISSN: 14699257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09695958.1998.9960449     Document Type: Article

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