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Comparison Between Chinese and Western Lawyer Culture

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A Comparative Study of Chinese and Western Legal Language and Culture

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A lawyer refers to the practitioner who has acquired a lawyer’s practice certificate pursuant to the requirements for the practice of law and accepts a commission or is assigned to provide legal services to the parties.

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Zhang, F. (2021). Comparison Between Chinese and Western Lawyer Culture. In: A Comparative Study of Chinese and Western Legal Language and Culture. Peking University Linguistics Research, vol 4. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-9347-5_15

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