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Current Awareness

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 November 2008

Katherine Read and
Laura Griffiths
Katherine Read
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Institute of Advanced Legal Studies
Laura Griffiths
Affiliation:
Institute of Advanced Legal Studies
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Legal Information Management , Volume 8 , Issue 4 , December 2008, pp. 296 - 299
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