Intellectual property and global warming: Fossil fuels and climate justice

The SAGE Handbook of Intellectual Property

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 727-753

  Rimmer, Matthew ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 84950134824     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4135/9781473910027.n39     Document Type: Chapter

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