Nothing but net: Renewable energy and the environment, MidAmerican legal fictions, and supremacy doctrine

Duke Environmental Law and Policy Forum

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-120

  Ferrey, Steven ^a,b,c,d  

^a HARVARD LAW SCHOOL   (United States)

^b SUFFOLK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c POMONA COLLEGE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; DECENTRALIZATION; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ENERGY RESOURCE;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 2642554821     PISSN: 10643958     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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