Keeping schools out of court: Legally defensible models of leadership

Educational Forum

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 222-233

  Shariff, Shaheen ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 85009796424     PISSN: 00131725     EISSN: 19388098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00131720408984634     Document Type: Article

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