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7 - Clarifying language: making sense of writing

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 June 2012

Caroline Maughan  and
Julian Webb
Caroline Maughan
Affiliation:
University of the West of England, Bristol
Julian Webb
Affiliation:
University of Westminster
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Lawyering Skills and the Legal Process , pp. 205 - 255
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2005

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