| The Supreme Court and the Environment: The Reluctant Protector Revised Edition Contributor(s): Wolf, Michael A. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0872899756 ISBN-13: 9780872899759 Publisher: CQ Press OUR PRICE: $143.55 Product Type: Hardcover Published: December 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Law | Judicial Power - Law | Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice - Political Science |
| Dewey: 344.730 |
| LCCN: 2011038374 |
| Series: Supreme Court's Power in American Politics |
| Physical Information: 1.2" H x 7.1" W x 10" (2.30 lbs) 512 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The Supreme Court and the Environment discusses the body of federal statutory law amassed to fight pollution and conserve natural resources that began with the enactment of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969. Instead of taking the more traditional route of listing court decisions, The Supreme Court and the Environment puts the actual cases in a subsidiary position, as part of a larger set of documents paired with incisive introductions that illustrate the fascinating and sometimes surprising give-and-take with Congress, federal administrative agencies, state and local governments, environmental organizations, and private companies and industry trade groups that have helped define modern environmental policy. From the author: When one views the body of modern environmental law--the decisions and the other key documents--the picture that emerges is not one of Supreme Court dominance. In this legal drama, the justices have most often played supporting roles. While we can find the occasional, memorable soliloquy in a Supreme Court majority, concurring, or dissenting opinion, the leading men and women are more likely found in Congress, administrative agencies, state and local legislatures, nongovernmental organizations, private industry, and state and lower federal courts.? What one learns from studying the Supreme Court's environmental law output is that the justices for the most part seem more concerned about more general issues of deference to administrative agencies, the rules of statutory interpretation, the role of legislative history, the requisites for standing, and the nature of the Takings Clause than the narrow issues of entitlement to a clean environment, the notion of an environmental ethic that underlies written statutes and regulations, and concerns about ecological diversity and other environmental values. When we widen the lens, however, and focus on the other documents that make up essential parts of the story of the Supreme Court and the environment--complaints by litigants, briefs by parties and by friends of the court, oral argument transcripts, the occasional stirring dissent, lower court decisions, presidential signing statements and press conference transcripts, media reports and editorials, and legislative responses to high court decisions--we discover what is often missing in the body of Supreme Court decisions. --Michael Allan Wolf |
Contributor Bio(s): Wolf, Michael A.: - Michael Wolf is the Richard E. Nelson Chair in Local Government Law at the University of Florida. Most recently, he co-authored Land Use Planning and the Environment: A Casebook with Charles Haar. |