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The Relationship between Legal and Design Cultures: Tension and Resolution

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The Relationship between Legal and Design Cultures: Tension and Resolution. / Doherty, Michael.
Legal Design: Integrating Business, Design and Legal Thinking with Technology. ed. / Marcelo Coralles Compagnucci; Helena Haapio; Margaret Hagan; Michael Doherty. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 2021. p. 32-55.

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Doherty, M 2021, The Relationship between Legal and Design Cultures: Tension and Resolution. in M Coralles Compagnucci, H Haapio, M Hagan & M Doherty (eds), Legal Design: Integrating Business, Design and Legal Thinking with Technology. Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, pp. 32-55. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781839107269

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Doherty, M. (2021). The Relationship between Legal and Design Cultures: Tension and Resolution. In M. Coralles Compagnucci, H. Haapio, M. Hagan, & M. Doherty (Eds.), Legal Design: Integrating Business, Design and Legal Thinking with Technology (pp. 32-55). Edward Elgar. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781839107269

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Doherty M. The Relationship between Legal and Design Cultures: Tension and Resolution. In Coralles Compagnucci M, Haapio H, Hagan M, Doherty M, editors, Legal Design: Integrating Business, Design and Legal Thinking with Technology. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar. 2021. p. 32-55 doi: 10.4337/9781839107269

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Doherty, Michael. / The Relationship between Legal and Design Cultures : Tension and Resolution. Legal Design: Integrating Business, Design and Legal Thinking with Technology. editor / Marcelo Coralles Compagnucci ; Helena Haapio ; Margaret Hagan ; Michael Doherty. Cheltenham : Edward Elgar, 2021. pp. 32-55

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