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1 online resource |
| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface to the Second Edition; Introduction; Part One Environmental, Personal, and Property Rights; 1. Property Rights: "Natural" and "Unnatural" Uses of Property; 2. Property Rights: Nuisance-When Uses of Land Conflict; 3. Personal Rights: The Constitutional Right to a Decent Environment; Part Two Environmental Statutes; 4. Statutes: The National Environmental Policy Act and The Wilderness Act; 5. Statutes: Future Risk and Administrative Agencies; 6. Statutes: Extinction and Governmental Action |
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Part Three Fundamental Causes of the Environmental Crisis7. Fundamental Causes: Technology; 8. FundamentalCauses:Population; 9. Fundamental Causes: The International Market Economy; 10. Fundamental Causes: Consumerism; Part Four Law as a Means of Attaining Environmental Ideals; 11. Environmental Ideals: Equitable Distribution of Rights and Liabilities; 12. Environmental Ideals: Nature as Held in Public Trust; 13. Environmental Ideals: Access to Court; 14. Environmental Ideals: Sustainability and the Wise Use of Public Resources; Conclusion; Chronology of Cases; Glossary; Bibliography |
| Summary |
Do trees have legal rights? What risks to the environment should we legally try to control or prevent? In this updated edition of Green Justice, the authors further explore the interrelationship between the legal system and the environment, using key environmental law cases (over half of which are new selections) on such topics as population and biodiversity?and as recent as 1990. The authors' liberal arts approach leads to a wide spectrum of related topics: the history of the common law, the political science of administrative agencies, our obligation to future generations, and the ecology of species extinction. With the help of explanatory introductions, study questions, and references to relevant literature, students are challenged to determine for themselves how the cases should have been decided and how they link up to broader issues. This accessible text is ideal for undergraduate courses in environmental law and environmental policy as well as nonlaw graduate courses in planning or public administration |
| Notes |
"First published 1996 by Westview Press"--Copyright page |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force. WlAbNL |
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Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed February 27, 2018) |
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Environmental law -- United States -- Cases
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Pollution -- Law and legislation -- United States -- Cases
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LAW -- Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice.
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Environmental law
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Pollution -- Law and legislation
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
Trials, litigation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Brooks, Richard Oliver, author.
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| ISBN |
9780429963759 |
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0429963750 |
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9780429974830 |
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0429974833 |
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0367319306 |
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9780367319304 |
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