Presenting scientific evidence in environmental court cases: How science and law meet

Environmental and Planning Law Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 425-448

  Muirden, April ^a   Bailey, John ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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