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pt. I : Perspectives on environmental problems. 1. Ecological perspectives. The earth as modified by human action (1877) / George Perkins Marsh -- A sand county almanac (1949) / Aldo Leopold -- Fundamentals of ecology (1959) / Eugene P. Odum -- The diversity of life (1992) / Edward O. Wilson -- The nonequilibrium paradigm in ecology and the partial unraveling of environmental law (1994) / A. Dan Tarlock -- 2. Economic perspectives. The economic theory of a common-property resource : the fishery (1954) / H. Scott Gordon -- The fisherman's problem : ecology and law in the California fisheries, 1850-1980 (1986) / Arthur F. McEvoy -- The problem of social cost (1960) / Ronald H. Coase -- The economy of the earth (1988) / Mark Sagoff -- Environmental Faust succumbs to temptations of economic Mephistopheles, or, value by any other name is preference (1989) / Carol M. Rose -- The shadow of the future : discount rates, later generations, and the environment (1993) / Daniel A. Farber and Paul A. Hemmersbaugh -- 3. Ethical perspectives. The historical roots of our ecologic crisis (1967) / Lynn White, Jr. -- Ways not to think about plastic trees : new foundations for environmental law (1974) / Laurence H. Tribe -- The case for animal rights (1983) / Tom Regan -- Review of Tom Regan, The case for animal rights (1985) / J. Baird Callicott -- The deep ecological movement : some philosophical aspects (1986) / Arne Naess -- 4. Environmental justice. The threat of environmental racism (1993) / Robert D. Bullard -- The poison poor children breathe (1982) / George F. Will -- Environmental equity : a law and planning approach to environmental racism (1992) / Robert W. Collin -- Locally undesirable land uses in minority neighborhoods : disproportionate siting or market dynamics? (1994) / Vicki Been -- Principles of environmental justice (1991) / First National People of Color Environmental Leadership Summit -- The meaning and promotion of environmental justice (1994) / Richard J. Lazarus. |
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pt. II : Environmental law and regulatory policy -- 5. Environmental regulation in historical perspective. Nuisance law and the industrial revolution (1974) / Joel Franklin Brenner -- Wilderness and the American mind (1982) / Roderick Nash -- A "gift of God"? : The public health controversy over leaded gasoline during the 1920s (1985) / David Rosner and Gerald Markowitz -- A fierce green fire (1993) / Philip Shabecoff -- 6. The politics of environmental legislation. Federal regulation in historical perspective (1986) / Robert L. Rabin -- Toward a theory of statutory evolution : the federalization of environmental law (1985) / E. Donald Elliott, Bruce A. Ackerman, and John C. Millian -- Politics and procedure in environmental law (1992) / Daniel A. Farber -- Beauty, health, and permanence : environmental politics in the United States, 1955-1985 (1987) / Samuel P. Hays -- The lesson of the owl and the crows : the role of deception in the evolution of the environmental statutes (1989) / William H. Rodgers, Jr. -- 7 . Environmental regulation : a structural overview. Environmental regulation : law, science, and policy (1996) / Robert V. Percival, Alan S. Miller, Christopher H. Schroeder, and James P. Leape -- Why the Clean Air Act works badly (1981) / William F. Pederson, Jr. -- Environmental regulation : law, science, and policy (1996) / Robert V. Percival, Alan S. Miller, Christopher H. Schroeder, and James P. Leape -- Rehabilitating interstate competition : rethinking the "race-to-the-bottom" rationale for federal environmental regulation (1992) / Richard L. Revesz -- Safety and the second best : the hazards of public risk management in the courts (1985) / Peter W. Huber -- Risk, courts, and agencies (1990) / Clayton P. Gillette and James E. Krier -- 8. Alternative approaches to regulation. Reforming environmental law : the democratic case for market incentives (1988) / Bruce A. Ackerman and Richard B. Stewart -- Ideal versus real regulatory efficiency : implementation of uniform standards and "fine-tuning" regulatory reforms (1985) / Howard A. Latin -- Not so paradoxical : the rationale for technology-based regulation (1991) / Sidney A. Shapiro and Thomas O. McGarity -- Rethinking environmental controls : management strategies for common resources (1991) / Carol M. Rose -- Environmental policy tools : a user's guide (1995) / Office of Technology Assessment -- Sustainable America : a new consensus-building a new framework for a new century (1996) / President's Council on Sustainable Development. |
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pt. III : The regulatory process in a participatory democracy -- 9. Who speaks for the environment? The Monkey Wrench Gang (1975) / Edward Abbey -- DDT : scientists, citizens, and public policy (1981) / Thomas R. Dunlap -- Defending the environment : a strategy for citizen action (1971) / Joseph L. Sax -- Should trees have standing?-toward legal rights for natural objects (1972) / Christopher D. Stone -- 10. The regulatory process. Implementing federal environmental policies : the limits of aspirational commands (1978) / James A. Henderson, Jr., and Richard N. Pearson -- The seven statutory wonders of U.S. environmental law : origins and morphology (1994) / William H. Rodgers, Jr. -- Regulatory failure, administrative incentives, and the new Clean Air Act (1991) / Howard A. Latin -- 11. Risk assessment and regulatory priorities. Risk in a free society (1984) / William D. Ruckelshaus -- The gospel of risk management : should we be converted? (1984) / David Doniger -- The role of the courts in risk management (1986) / Richard B. Stewart -- Reclaiming environmental law : a normative critique of comparative risk analysis (1992) / Donald T. Hornstein. |
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pt. IV : Global environmental concerns and the future of environmental law -- 12. International environmental policy. International environmental policy : emergence and dimensions (1990) / Lynton Keith Caldwell -- Our common future (1987) / World Commission on Environment and Development -- Declaration of principles (1992) / United Nations Conference on Environment and Development -- Environmental impacts of a North American Free Trade Agreement (1991) / Gene M. Grossman and Alan B. Krueger -- From adjustment to sustainable development : the obstacle of free trade (1992) / Herman Daly -- Sustainable America : a new consensus-international leadership (1996) / President's Council on Sustainable Development -- 13. The future of environmental law and policy. Stopping the pendulum (1995) / William D. Ruckelshaus -- A moment on the earth : the coming age of environmental optimism (1995) / Gregg Easterbrook -- A moment of truth : correcting the scientific errors in Gregg Easterbrook's A moment on the Earth (1995) / Environmental Defense Fund -- Earth in the balance : ecology and the human spirit (1992) / Al Gore -- Toward a new environmental paradigm (1993) / Robert W. Hahn -- The gnat is older than man : global environment and the human agenda (1993) / Christopher D. Stone. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 96041366 |
| ISBN | 1566395232 (hb : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 1566395240 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
