| Wildlife Law: A Primer Contributor(s): Freyfogle, Eric T. (Author), Goble, Dale D. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1559639768 ISBN-13: 9781559639767 Publisher: Island Press OUR PRICE: $38.61 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2009 Annotation: "Wildlife Law" fills a long-standing gap in the literature and introduces readers to the basics of wildlife law while exploring such current controversies as endangered species protection, tribal fishing rights, game ranches, and the challenges of constructing wildlife corridors. It is a much-needed addition to the bookshelf of everyone working with or concerned about wildlife in the United States. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Law | Environmental - Law | Natural Resources - Nature | Animals - Wildlife |
| Dewey: 346.730 |
| LCCN: 2008022559 |
| Physical Information: 0.66" H x 6.5" W x 9" (1.04 lbs) 350 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: "Wildlife Law" is a comprehensive and readable primer that provides an overview of U.S. wildlife law for a broad audience, including professionals who work with wildlife or who manage wildlife habitat, students across the spectrum of natural resource courses, landowners, developers, hunters, guides, and those associated with the field of private game ranching. Authors Eric T. Freyfogle and Dale D. Goble are legal scholars who are experts in wildlife law. This book is the first ever to survey the entire field, covering state and federal law with a strong grounding in wildlife science. The writing style is lively and engaging, with descriptions of unusual and intriguing cases that illustrate key points and bring to life the importance and intricacies of the field. The book includes thirteen chapters on topics such as - what wildlife law is, what it covers, and what it seeks to achieve; - constitutional issues and key federal statutes; - wildlife liability issues, from spider bites to escaped zoo animals; - state game laws, hunting and fishing rights of Indian tribes; - and the Endangered Species Act. "Wildlife Law" fills a long-standing gap in the literature and introduces readers to the basics of wildlife law while exploring such current controversies as endangered species protection, tribal fishing rights, game ranches, and the challenges of constructing wildlife corridors. It is a much-needed addition to the bookshelf of everyone working with or concerned about wildlife in the United States. |
Contributor Bio(s): Freyfogle, Eric T.: - Eric T. Freyfogle is Research Professor and Swanlund Chair Emeritus at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where he has taught for over thirty years in the areas of natural resources, property and land use law, environmental law and policy, wildlife law, and conservation thought. His various writings include Our Oldest Task: Making Sense of Our Place in Nature (University of Chicago Press 2017), Why Conservation Is Failing and How It Can Regain Ground (Yale University Press 2006), and coauthored law school casebooks on wildlife law, natural resources law, and property law. He has long been active in state and national conservation efforts, including service on the Boards of the National Wildlife Federation and its Illinois affiliate, Prairie Rivers Network. Goble, Dale D.: - Dale D. Goble is Professor Emeritus of Law (formerly University Distinguished Professor and Margaret Wilson Schimke Distinguished Professor of Law) at the University of Idaho, where his teaching and research have focused on the intersection of natural resource law and policy, constitutional law, and history. He has written numerous articles and essays. His books include Wildlife Law: Cases and Materials (with Eric Freyfogle); two edited volumes on the Endangered Species Act (Island Press 2005, 2006, with coeditors); and an edited volume (with Paul W. Hirt), Northwest Lands, Northwest Peoples: Readings in Environmental History (University of Washington Press 1999). |