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The Locked Gates to Tension City: The Commission on Presidential Debates, the FEC, and the Two-Party System 紧锁的紧张之城之门:总统辩论委员会、联邦选举委员会和两党制
Michigan Journal of Environmental & Administrative Law Pub Date : 1900-01-01 DOI: 10.36640/mjeal.8.2.locked
Tommy La Voy
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The Cost of Nothing Trumps the Value of Everything: The Failure of Regulatory Economics to Keep Pace with Improvements in Quantitative Risk Analysis 无成本胜过一切价值:监管经济学未能跟上定量风险分析的进步
Michigan Journal of Environmental & Administrative Law Pub Date : 1900-01-01 DOI: 10.36640/10.36640/mjeal.4.1.cost
A. Finkel
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引用次数: 9
Examining the Administrative Unworkability of Final Agency Action Doctrine as Applied to the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act 最后机关诉讼原则在《美洲原住民墓葬保护与遣返法》中的行政不可行性研究
Michigan Journal of Environmental & Administrative Law Pub Date : 1900-01-01 DOI: 10.36640/mjeal.8.2.examining
A. Gerken
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The Sun Doesn't Always Shine in Ohio: Reevaluating Renewable Portfolio Standards in Light of Changed Conditions 太阳并不总是照耀在俄亥俄州:根据变化的条件重新评估可再生能源投资组合标准
Michigan Journal of Environmental & Administrative Law Pub Date : 1900-01-01 DOI: 10.36640/mjeal.5.1.sun
J. Smith
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引用次数: 2
Environmental Law at the Crossroads: Looking Back 25, Looking Forward 25 十字路口的环境法:回顾25,展望25
Michigan Journal of Environmental & Administrative Law Pub Date : 1900-01-01 DOI: 10.36640/mjeal.2.2.environmental
R. Lazarus
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引用次数: 4
Utilizing Michigan Brownfield Policies to Incentivize Community-Based Urban Agriculture in Detroit 利用密歇根州棕地政策激励底特律以社区为基础的都市农业
Michigan Journal of Environmental & Administrative Law Pub Date : 1900-01-01 DOI: 10.36640/mjeal.3.2.utilizing
Nicholas Leonard
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Look to Windward: The Michigan Environmental Protection Act and the Case for Atmospheric Trust Litigation in the Mitten State 向风看:密歇根州环境保护法和密歇根州大气信托诉讼案例
Michigan Journal of Environmental & Administrative Law Pub Date : 1900-01-01 DOI: 10.36640/mjeal.10.1.look
Jonathan Coumes
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引用次数: 0
Superfund Chaos Theory: What Happens When the Lower Federal Courts Don't Follow the Supreme Court 超级基金混沌理论:当下级联邦法院不跟随最高法院时会发生什么
Michigan Journal of Environmental & Administrative Law Pub Date : 1900-01-01 DOI: 10.36640/mjeal.6.1.superfund
S. Ferrey
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Judicial Limitation of the EPA's Oversight Authority in Clean Water Act Permitting of Mountaintop Mining Valley Fills 《清洁水法》中环境保护局监督权的司法限制:允许山顶采矿山谷填埋
Michigan Journal of Environmental & Administrative Law Pub Date : 1900-01-01 DOI: 10.36640/mjeal.2.1.judicial
C. D. Eaton
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Joseph L. Sax: The Realm of the Legal Scholar 约瑟夫·l·萨克斯:《法律学者的领域
Michigan Journal of Environmental & Administrative Law Pub Date : 1900-01-01 DOI: 10.36640/mjeal.4.1.joseph.l.sax
Nina A. Mendelson
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