Legal research in the United Kingdom 1905-1984

a classified list of legal theses and dissertations successfully completed for postgraduate degrees awarded by universities and polytechnics in the United Kingdom from 1905-1984.

Publisher: University of London, Institute of Advanced Legal Studies in London

Written in English

Published: 1985 Pages: 304 Downloads: 849

Subjects:

Law -- Bibliography.,
Dissertations, Academic -- Great Britain -- Bibliography.

Edition Notes

Includes index.

Classifications
Contributions	University of London. Institute of Advanced Legal Studies.
LC Classifications	K38
The Physical Object
Pagination	xxx, [304] p. ;
Number of Pages	304
ID Numbers
Open Library	OL17915396M
ISBN 10	0901190292

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