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Author Baier, Lowell E., author.

Title Inside the Equal Access to Justice Act : environmental litigation and the crippling battle over america's lands and endangered species and their critical habitats / Lowell E. Baier
Published Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2016]
©2016

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Contents The growth of government regulation in the United States -- The development of the Equal Access to Justice Act -- Use and amendment of the Equal Access to Justice Act from 1981 to 1985 -- Success and expansion of the Equal Access to Justice Act after 1985 -- The universe of the eco-crusaders -- Barbarians at the gate : saints and sinners -- The environmental litigation crisis -- Cooperative conservation: preempting listings and building trust -- Abuses of the Equal Access to Justice Act : endangered species and beyond -- Reforming the Equal Access to Justice Act -- Epilogue : a new beginning?
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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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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
LAW -- Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice.
Costs (Law)
Environmental law -- Trial practice
Lawyers -- Fees
United States
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781442257450
1442257458