Lawyers, politics, and publics state management of lawyers and legitimacy in Singapore

Fates of Political Liberalism in the British Post-Colony: The Politics of the Legal Complex

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 149-192

  Rajah, Jothie ^a  

^a AMERICAN BAR FOUNDATION   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1017/CBO9781139002981.008     Document Type: Chapter

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