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Title

The common law and the environment : rethinking the statutory basis for modern environmental law / edited by Roger E. Meiners and Andrew P. Morriss.

Publication

Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, c2000.

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Additional Authors

• Meiners, Roger E.
• Morriss, Andrew P., 1960-

Description

xiv, 279 p. : ill.; 24 cm.

Series Statement

The political economy forum

Uniform Title

The political economy forum.

Subject

• Environmental law > United States
• Common law > United States

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Introduction : Reclaiming the common law's role in environmental law / Andrew P. Morriss and Roger E. Meiners -- pt. I. Reviving the common law -- 1. Protecting the environment in the spirit of the common law / David Schoenbrod -- pt. II. The environment under the common law -- 2. Empirical evidences regarding the role of nationalization in improving U.S. air quality / Indur M. Goklany -- 3. Burning rivers, common law, and institutional choice for water quality / Roger E. Meiners, Stacie Thomas, and Bruce Yandle -- 4. Protecting English and Welsh rivers : the role of the Anglers' Conservation Association / Roger Bate -- pt. III. The institutions of the common law -- 5. The institution of property / David Schmidtz -- 6. Lessons for environmental law from the American Codification Debate / Andrew P. Morriss -- 7. Federalism and the environment / Johnathan R. Macey and Henry N. Butler -- pt. IV. Perspectives on the shift away from the common law -- 8. Industry and environmental lobbyists : enemies and allies? / Todd J. Zywicki -- 9. On the Commons and the common law Jason Scott Johnston -- 10. On being regulated in foresight versus being judged in hindsight / Jeffrey J. Rachlinksi.

ISBN

• 0847697088 (cloth : alk. paper)
• 0847697096 (paper : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^^99045508^

OCLC

42420719

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Harvard Library