The place of private nuisance in a modern law of torts

The Cambridge Law Journal

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 1989, Pages 214-242

  Gearty, Conor ^a  

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EID: 84971151377     PISSN: 00081973     EISSN: 14692139     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S000819730010529X     Document Type: Article

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