Profits, Dividends and the Law: Profits Available for Dividends from Standpoint of Law and Best Accounting Practice
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عنوان ژورنال: University of Pennsylvania Law Review and American Law Register
سال: 1927
ISSN: 0749-9833
DOI: 10.2307/3307798