| Description |
xxxiii, 1083 pages ; 26 cm. |
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| Series |
Aspen casebook series.
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| Note |
Includes index. |
| Contents |
Part 1. Basic themes in environmental law. Basic themes in environmentalism ; Cross-cutting themes in environmental law -- Part 2. The enduring role of the common law in environmental protection. The common law in modern environmental law ; The special challenges of toxic tort litigation -- Part 3. The structural elements of the regulatory state. An overview of environmental regulation in the United States ; The administrative law of environmental law & administrative agency process ; Sovereignty in the environmental law context -- Part 4. A taxonomy of legal approaches to environmental protection. Federal agency disclosure : NEPA's stop-and-think logic and the power of information ; Public planning as a management tool : governmental oversight of private & public resource use, and the challenge of adaptive management ; Roadblock statutory strategies & the Endangered Species Act : stark prohibitions and their viability ; From harm-based standards to tech-based standards : the Clean Air Act ; Technology-based standard setting : the Clean Water Act ; Using cost-benefit analysis in agency rulemaking & review of regulations ; Market-enlisting strategies : achieving environmental protection through pollution trading and other economic incentives ; Front-end strategies : market entry controls, pollution prevention, and toxic use reduction ; Remedial liability regulatory strategies : CERCLA ; Life cycle regulatory strategies : RCRA -- Part 5. Overarching legal perspectives. Evolving patterns of enforcement and compliance ; Environmental criminal law ; Public environmental rights and duties : the public trust doctrine ; Private property and public rights : constitutional limits on physical and regulatory takings ; International and comparative environmental law -- Table of acronyms, references, pages with definitions -- Table of cases -- Table of authorities : books, articles, speeches -- Table of authorities : statutes, regulations, constitutions, treaties. |
| Subject |
Environmental law -- United States -- Cases.
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Environmental policy -- United States -- Case studies.
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Environmental protection -- United States -- Case studies.
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| Added Author |
Abrams, Robert H., 1948- author.
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Graham, Robert L. (Lawyer), author.
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Heinzerling, Lisa, author.
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Wirth, David A., author.
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Hall, Noah D., author.
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| Related To |
Revision of: Environmental law and policy 4th ed. New York : Aspen Publishers, c2010 |
| Standard No. |
952388861 |
| ISBN |
9781454868408 hardcover |
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1454868406 hardcover |
| OCLC # |
947104300 |
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