From a gentlemen's to a public profession: Status and politics in the history of english solicitors

International Journal of the Legal Profession

Volumn 3, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 45-80

  Burrage, Michael ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 85042876369     PISSN: 09695958     EISSN: 14699257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09695958.1996.9960410     Document Type: Article

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