The judicial resolution of conflicts between trade and the environment

Harvard Environmental Law Review

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-78

  Knox, John H ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISPUTE RESOLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION; GATT; TRADE AGREEMENT; TRADE-ENVIRONMENT RELATIONS;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

SCOMBRIDAE GEN. SP.;

EID: 1842730317     PISSN: 01478257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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