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Current Awareness

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 March 2010

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 10 , Issue 1 , March 2010 , pp. 72 - 75
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