The development of a legal rule: The federal common law of public nuisance

Law and Society Review

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 613-636

  Wahlbeck, Paul J ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.2307/827758     Document Type: Article

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