Rush to judgment: An empirical analysis of environmental equity in U.S. environmental protection agency enforcement actions

Law and Society Review

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 633-681

  Atlas, Mark ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0035542494     PISSN: 00239216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3185398     Document Type: Article

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