Litigating climate change at the coal mine

Adjudicating Climate Change: State, National, and International Approaches

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 48-71

  McAllister, Lesley K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO   (United States)

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EID: 84855553571     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511596766.005     Document Type: Chapter

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