Breaking the logjam: Environmental protection that will work

Breaking the Logjam: Environmental Protection That Will Work

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 1-198

  Schoenbrod, David ^a   Stewart, Richard B ^b   Wyman, Katrina M ^b  

^a NEW YORK LAW SCHOOL   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW   (United States)

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