Film lawyers: Above and beyond the law

Criminal Visions Media Representations of Crime and Justice

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 238-253

  Greenfield, Steve ^a   Osborn, Guy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84925775534     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781843924401     Document Type: Chapter

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