OIRA inside and out

Administrative Law Review

Volumn 63, Issue SPECIAL, 2011, Pages 135-147

  Shapiro, Stuart ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84866261701     PISSN: 00018368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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31. In this way, it to a degree reflects the vision laid out for it in STEPHEN BREYER, BREAKING THE VICIOUS CIRCLE: TOWARD EFFECTIVE RISK REGULATION 61-63 (1993).
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