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Current Awareness

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 September 2008

Katherine Read  and
Laura Griffiths
Katherine Read
Affiliation:
Institute of Advanced Legal Studies
Laura Griffiths
Affiliation:
Institute of Advanced Legal Studies
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Legal Information Management , Volume 8 , Issue 3 , September 2008 , pp. 226 - 231
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