Discipline | Environmental Law |
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Language | English |
Publication details | |
Former name(s) | Virginia Journal of Natural Resources Law (1980–1989) |
History | 1980–present |
Publisher | University of Virginia School of Law (United States) |
Frequency | Triannually |
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Standard abbreviations | |
Bluebook | Va. Envtl. L.J. |
ISO 4 | Va. Environ. Law J. |
Indexing | |
CODEN | VELJF8 |
ISSN | 1045-5183 |
LCCN | 90644818 |
OCLC no. | 19769977 |
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The first volume of the Journal was published in 1980 as the Virginia Journal of Natural Resources Law. [2] It is entirely student-run. The Journal is closely tied to the law school's program in environmental and land use law, and it provides the law school community with a forum for discussion of current environmental issues through its publication of legal scholarship related to the topic.
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