Transnational Corporate Liability for Environmental Damage and Climate Change: Reassessing Access to Justice after Vedanta v. Lungowe
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Transnational Environmental Law
سال: 2020
ISSN: 2047-1025,2047-1033
DOI: 10.1017/s2047102520000138