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Indians, ungulates, and unconventional oil: the protection of culturally significant environmental features through multi-jurisdictional human rights law

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Indians, ungulates, and unconventional oil: the protection of culturally significant environmental features through multi-jurisdictional human rights law. / Pearson, John.
Lancaster: Lancaster University, 2013. 380 p.

Research output: Thesis › Doctoral Thesis

Harvard

Pearson, J 2013, 'Indians, ungulates, and unconventional oil: the protection of culturally significant environmental features through multi-jurisdictional human rights law', PhD, Lancaster University, Lancaster.

APA

Pearson, J. (2013). Indians, ungulates, and unconventional oil: the protection of culturally significant environmental features through multi-jurisdictional human rights law. [Doctoral Thesis, Lancaster University]. Lancaster University.

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Pearson J. Indians, ungulates, and unconventional oil: the protection of culturally significant environmental features through multi-jurisdictional human rights law. Lancaster: Lancaster University, 2013. 380 p.

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Pearson, John. / Indians, ungulates, and unconventional oil : the protection of culturally significant environmental features through multi-jurisdictional human rights law. Lancaster : Lancaster University, 2013. 380 p.

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