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Author Baier, Lowell E

Title Inside the equal access to justice act
Published Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, 2016

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Contents Inside the Equal Access to Justice Act; Contents; List of Illustrations ; Preface ; Prologue: Environmental Litigation and Its Consequences ; 1 The Growth of Government Regulation in the United States ; The New Deal and the Foundation of the Administrative State
The Administrative Procedure Act and Control Over Agencies Expanding Entitlements ; The Great Society: Kennedy and Johnson ; The Era of Public Interest Law: Civil Rights, Consumerism, and Environmentalism ; Environmental Litigation and Broadening the Waiver of Sovereign Immunity
2 The Development of the Equal Access to Justice Act Early EAJA Proposals: Expanding the Public Interest Mandate ; Narrowing and Focusing the Legislation: Responding to a Devastating Economic Crisis and Bureaucratic Blitzkrieg ; EAJA: The Evolution of a Unique Small Business Bill
The 1980 Presidential Election and the Reagan Revolution Wisconsin's 1980 2nd District Congressional Election Campaign: A Microcosm of the Presidential Election ; The Voice of the Silent Majority: America's Small Business Community Resonates Through the Presidential Election Campaign
1980 EAJA Hearings and Chairman Kastenmeier's Dilemma The September 3-4, 1980, Markup of EAJA S. 265: Resurrection of a Pariah, the 501(c)(3) Financial Exemption ; Paranoia in the Capitol: EAJA's Enactment Becomes Politically Pragmatic
Summary Lowell E. Baier, one of America's preeminent experts on environmental litigation, chronicles the century-long story of Americas' resources management, focusing on litigations, citizen suit provisions, and attorneys' fees. Inside the Equal Access to Justice Act will be a valuable resource for the environmental legal community, environmentalists, practitioners at all levels of government, and all readers interested in environmental policy and the rise of the administrative state
Subject United States. Equal Access to Justice Act.
SUBJECT Equal Access to Justice Act (United States) fast
Subject Environmental law -- United States -- Trial practice
Lawyers -- Fees -- United States
Costs (Law) -- United States
Costs (Law)
Environmental law -- Trial practice
Lawyers -- Fees
United States
Form Electronic book
ISBN 1442257458
9781442257450