The rise of transnational environmental law and the expertise of environmental lawyers

Transnational Environmental Law

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 43-52

  Fisher, Elizabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Contributory Expertise; Interactional Expertise; Legal Methodology; Transnational Environmental Law

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878993776     PISSN: 20471025     EISSN: 20471033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S2047102511000021     Document Type: Article

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