Developing a Public Interest Mandate for the Governance and Use of Administrative Data in the United Kingdom

Journal of Law and Society

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 360-392

  Laurie, Graeme ^a   Stevens, Leslie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84983087827     PISSN: 0263323X     EISSN: 14676478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6478.2016.00759.x     Document Type: Article

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