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This Nineteenth Edition references all regulatory changes made in the last two years and provides legal insight into understanding the requirements of the environmental laws. It examines all of the issues and changes that have arisen since the publication of the Nineteenth Edition. ... Read more

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A must for anyone working in environmental cleanup responses
I work for the Federal Government in the Oil Spill response funding field, and this book is a great reference.I particularly like how the book cites case law that helps me figure out how our regulations ended up being the way they are.

I also like that the book is pretty straight to the point on the topics it covers.If I remember well, the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 was explained in 100 pages or less.Some of you may think this is a lot, but it isnt.

I always buy the newest edition to ensure that I am up-to-date regarding case law.

Good Book
So far the book has proved to be very helpful in my Environmental Law class.Though the chapters where it is simply listing the law are not particularly interesting, the case studies are often very helpful.

Essential
This handbook is an essential tool to anyone in the environmental field.There are always new additions, so having a recent copy helps but it's not necessary since the environmental laws don't change that much.I would recommend getting a newer edition when a major law has passed so that the reader can understand the impact the new law will have on their community.A copy can usually be found at either the public library or a law library but there is SO MUCH information packed into this book that I highly recommend having your own copy so you can hi-light the text and bookmark the important sections that apply to your business.

Leilani

Excellent
I am very blessed to have gotten it in the nick of time. I had time to read some of the book before my classes started.

"Must-Have" resource!
This Environmental Law Handbook has proven to be an invaluable resource to me as an environmental mediator and public involvement specialist.I use it constantly so that I can be technically sharp at work.It's dry reading, but very valuable!Paired with the Consensus Building Handbook by Susskind et al, it is the core of any environmental and public policy specialist. ... Read more

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Environmental Law addresses a wide range of topics, introducing students to all of the key areas and latest developments of environmental law, drawing on legislation, policy, and practice.

The seventh edition features a new chapter on the law relating to air pollution and climate change, as well as more detailed coverage of environmental liability at national, EU, international, and transnational levels. Reference is made throughout to the influence of European and international organizations and legislation and offers enhanced introductory coverage of global dimensions.Topics are fully cross-referenced, allowing readers to follow key ideas through the book and to understand the interaction of law and the environment. The book is structured by theme and by sector and presented in a clear color design, guiding the student through the subject.

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An Online Resource Centre featuring updates to the law, latest developments, and web links, accompanies the book. ... Read more

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This book provides a comparative analysis of environmental regulation in multi-jurisdictional legal and political systems, focusing on the United States, the European Union, and the international community. Each of these systems must deal with environmental interdependencies that cross local borders, in some cases creating regional problems, such as acid deposition, ozone type smog, and pollution of shared water bodies.Some transjurisdictional environmental problems are global, including stratospheric ozone depletion, climate change, and the loss of biodiversity. Other environmental problems, however, are localized in their effect on health and the environment. ... Read more

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For its fifth edition, "Environmental Regulation: Law, Science, and Policy" retains its distinctly accessible tone while incorporating important new material that reflects the exciting activity in the field. These popular features make the casebook a favorite of both students and instructors: comprehensive coverage with self-contained chapters that allow great flexibility in organizing the course; a detailed examination of policy that focuses not only on the substance of environmental statutes but also on how they are translated into regulations and on the factors that affect how they influence real-world behavior; effective teaching and study aids, including charts and diagrams mapping the structure of each of the major environmental statutes, real-world-based problems and questions, pathfinders explaining where to locate crucial source materials for every major subject area, an extensive glossary, and a list of acronyms; clear writing style that is easy for the non-specialist to understand; detailed suggestions for class use in an extensive Teacher's Manual; and, an annual statutory and case supplement to keep the book current.This meticulous revision addresses new topics and updates existing issues with: a chapter on air pollution control, substantially revised and reorganized; a chapter on regulation of toxic substances, reorganized and refocused on the theme of preventing harm in the face of uncertainty; new problem exercises on control of mercury emissions, global warming, environmental justice, and regulatory takings; renewed efforts to open the Alaska National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) to oil drilling; new developments in regulatory policy, including the debate over sound science and strategic use of the Information Quality Act; and, controversy over regulatory default principles, including the use of cost-benefit analysis and the precautionary principle.It also addresses: brownfields cleanups, innocent landowners, and bona fide purchasers; the constitutional reach of federal authority to protect wetlands and endangered species; expanded coverage of global warming and climate change, including the entry of the Kyoto Protocol into force, carbon emissions trading, and the prospects for a new global approach for controlling greenhouse gas emissions; the impact of voluntary, corporate environmental policies; and, a redesigned website that will include timely updates of post-publication developments. The new cases throughout the book include: Miccosukee Tribe, the Supreme Court's decision on what constitutes a point source discharge; Cooper Industries, Inc. v. Aviall Services, Inc. on bringing contribution actions under 113 of CERCLA; Bates v. Dow Agrosciences, the Supreme Court's decision on FIFRA preemption; the Lingle and Kelo decisions and their impact on eminent domain and regulatory takings jurisprudence; Engine Manufactures Assn v. South Coast Air Quality Management District on the scope of federal preemption; Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation v.EPA on EPA's authority to reject state BACT determinations; Department of Transportation v. Public Citizen on Mexican trucks and NEPA; Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance on control of off-road vehicle use on public lands; and, Court of Appeals decisions on global warming, interstate air pollution, and new source review. ... Read more

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Excellent
Book was in mint condition like promised, and was delivered in a timely manner.Overall easy and satisfying transaction. ... Read more

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To give your students a solid foundation in environmental law doctrine as well as experience building their analytical skills, you can depend on this user-friendly casebook, now in its Third Edition.<p class="copymedium"><b>Environmental Law and Policy: Nature, Law, and Society</b> is noted for its comprehensive legal-process approach to the depth and complexity of modern environmental law:</p><ul><li class="copymedium">Broad topical coverage is augmented by a reference section, including a Statutory Capsule Appendix and an annotated Glossary of Acronyms and Abbreviations.</li><li class="copymedium">Extensive author-written explanations are reinforced by a selection of visuals, including charts, graphs, and photographs.</li><li class="copymedium">The legal-process approach builds on a base of common law and constitutional law, then continues on to statutory and administrative law to show both the structure and the operation of the law.</li><li class="copymedium">Statutory and regulatory materials show the various ways in which statutes address environmental problems and point out the strengths and weaknesses of each generic statutory type to ensure that student knowledge does not become obsolete as statutes and regulations change.</li><li class="copymedium">In addition to traditional environmental law staples, the authors address hot topical areas, such as "brownfielding" of contaminated sites, risk assessment, regulation of toxics, hazardous materials, and discussion of the ongoing politics of environmental protection law.</li><li class="copymedium">The casebook is accompanied by a Teacher's Manual, an annual Professor's Update, and a website with supplementary materials for adopters.</li></ul><p class="copymedium">Significant changes and improvements for the third edition include:</p><ul><li class="copymedium">Two completely new chapters: International Law as a Backdrop for Domestic Law and Cost-Benefit Procedures for Standard Setting.</li><li class="copymedium">Expanded coverage of market-enlisting approaches and government-industry partnerships for achieving environmental quality, the debates over command-and control, and the political history of environmental law.</li><li class="copymedium">Important new cases, including the Supreme Court's regulatory takings decisions in Palazzolo v. Rhode Island and Tahoe-Sierra Preservation Council, Inc. v. Tahoe Regional Planning Agency, American Trucking, Norfolk & Western Ry., Laidlaw Environmental Services, Solid Waste of Northern Cook County, and Borden Ranch, plus international arbitral decisions under NAFTA, including the first successful citizen-initiated fact finding procedures in the Migratory Bird treaty Act inquiry.</li></ul><p class="copymedium">From the common law foundation to globalization and convergence, <b>Environmental Law and Policy: Nature, Law, and Society, Third Edition,</b> will keep your course at the forefront of the ever-developing body of environmental law.</p><p>An author website to support classroom instruction using this title is available at <a href="http://www.aspenlawschool.com/plater3" target="_blank">http://www.aspenlawschool.com/plater3</a></p> ... Read more

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just what I needed
I ordered this book for my graduate Environmental Law and Policy class. I didn't know what text I needed until the first day of class and was worried I would get behind but my book arrived within two days of ordering. It was listed as 'like new' and with the exception of some light highlighting in the first couple of chapters, that was correct. I would recommend ordering this vendor, they're honest and prompt.

Excellent Environmental Law Book
The authors of htis book are the best at what they do.I found this book to be very informative and one of the best law books I've ever read.Each chapter is an in depth analysis with clear and concise explanations of the law and its application.

Thanks so much for such a great book.

For a Law textbook...
Easy reading for a law textbook.Used it for a very interesting and engaging environmental law and policy class.I would recommend it for those interested in environmental law.

Horrible Service
When I received this book, I saw that the book was encased in a plastic bag with no cardboard, no paper, styrofoam, or anything to protect it from being damaged during its shipment. When I opened it, the spine of the book was fragile and from that point on, it began to fall apart so much to where I had to tape it to hold the pages in. I contacted the seller, mspare, explaining my problem with the book, but I never received any feedback whatsoever. The book was supposed to be in good condition, but because theseller was incompetent and packaged it improperly, I was cheated out of $70. I recommend that no one buy from this seller in the future.

Great Law Book!
This book is FULL of different case studies and cases that have occurred through time.It is a great Law book to read if you are interested in studying Law, another book my Law prof. recommended, but I haven't bought yet, is Black Law Dictionary.It is a dictionary of like all law.If you are facing court or any legal issues, I recommend checking out this book as well. ... Read more

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"Environmental Law" examines the current state of environmental law with particular regard to England and Wales, within the context of both EC and International Environmental Law, and also with reference to wider policy and ethical issues. This edition features a restructured coverage of topics, thus increasing the accessibility of the text. New developments include the introduction of the IPPC regime, the growing impact of human rights issues, new countryside access provisions and considerable changes relating to planning controls. ... Read more

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Environmental justice is a significant and dynamic contemporary development in environmental law. Rechtschaffen, Gauna and new coauthor O'Neill provide an accessible compilation of interdisciplinary materials for studying environmental justice, interspersed with extensive notes, questions, and a teacher's manual with practice exercises designed to facilitate classroom discussion. It integrates excerpts from empirical studies, cases, agency decisions, informal agency guidance, law reviews, and other academic literature, as well as community- generated documents. This second edition includes new chapters addressing climate change, international environmental justice, and a capstone case study. It also adds expanded coverage of risk and the public health, empirical environmental justice research, and environmental justice for American Indian peoples. ... Read more

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Environmental Law is a reference designed specifically for the practicing paralegal and the paralegal student. It is written in a style that allows the reader and professional to receive a thorough and comprehensive understanding of the relationship between the legal system and the regulation of the natural world, even if they are without a prior legal background. Environmental law is a complex area, and this book takes an easy to understand approach that allows the reader a broad, basic, but complete comprehension of the field. It includes many features such as an outline of the legal processes relevant to environmental law, descriptions of federal and state law and regulations, and special features on recent topics related to environmental law. There are pertinent articles included, as well as case law and case law summaries that allow for an understanding of how environmental laws and regulations are applied and interpreted by the court system. Other learning features include a complete list of acronyms used in the field, and discussion questions that lead to further understanding of the technical aspects of the subject as well as ease of reading environmental articles. Different perspectives on environmental regulations are explored, and the book provides a current and applicable approach to the area of environmental law. ... Read more

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Indigestible
Awful book, badly written, disorganized, difficult to read chapters. It's supposed to be written for anyone, not only the legal students and professionals, but I'm finding more difficult to digest than any law textbooks. I read a lot, fiction and non-fiction,and this book is making me dizzy. The writer seems to know about environmental law but she doesn't know how to write about it. I wish my school had picked something else.

Great resource for this subject.
This is the easiest to read textbook I've ever used.This is a tough subject and this book makes it easy to understand.It would be great for undergrad courses in environmental law as well as for paralegal courses.It covers all the major environmental acts, and includes interesting features on major environmental events (like the Exxon Valdez spill).It also includes profiles of professionals working in the field of environmental law.Finally, the photos are really good, too. ... Read more

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This volume is based on a number of reports prepared overseveral years for a research project jointly sponsored by the UnitedNations Environment Programme, the Australian InternationalDevelopment Assistance Bureau and the Australian and New ZealandEnvironment and Conservation Council.
Since release of the report of the World Commission on Environment andDevelopment, the quest has intensified for methods that combineeconomic analysis and environmental assessments to achieve the goalsof sustainable development.
The main purpose of this volume is to explain how this may beaccomplished. It combines scientific assessments, economic analysisand governmental procedures in an integrated approach to planning foreconomic development and environmental protection. The first fourchapters explain economic concepts and techniques and theirincorporation in EIA procedure. Six carefully selected case studiesare presented, demonstrating practical applications in six differentcountries -- Indonesia, Thailand, Nepal, the Philippines, Hawaii andAustralia.
The volume will assist all participants involved in environmentalimpact assessment: public and private development proponents,environmental and conservation groups, public administrators anddecision makers, and interested members of the public. The book isunique in that it combines economics, EIA techniques, procedures, andinstitutional aspects.
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This Nutshell summarizes the complex field of environmental law. Findley and Farber s Environmental Law in a Nutshell provides a foundation for understanding environmental law. Expert text includes coverage of various areas, from acid rain and atomic energy, to waste disposal and wetlands. Touches upon the many statutory and common-law regulations shaping the world in which we live. ... Read more

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What I Needed
Well, not much I'm going to put in here except that it is the book that I needed for my class. Good Luck with classes!

an excellent companion volume for students
Findlay and Farber treat environmental issues in this work that is a part of the "Nutshell" legal series. Law students snap these works up around exam time to make sure they haven't missed any valuable tidbits, andthis book has that sort of "Cliff's Notes" feel to it -- that is,it is not an exhaustive environmental law treatise, but makes an excellentsupplement to such treatises. ... Read more

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This book offers a vision for the third generation of environmental law designed to enhance its ability to protect our environment. The book presents two core proposals, an Environmental Legacy Act to preserve a defined environmental legacy for future generations and an Environmental Competition Statute to spark movement to new clean technologies. The first proposal would require, for the first time, that the federal government define an environmental legacy that it must preserve for future generations. The second would establish a market competition to maximize environmental protection. The balance of the book provides complimentary proposals and analysis. The first generation of environmental law sought broad protection of health and the environment in a fairly fragmented way. The second sought to enhance environmental law's efficiency through cost-benefit analysis and market mechanisms. These proposals seek to create a broader, more creative approach to solving environmental problems. ... Read more

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Interesting ideas
There are some very interesting "third generation" proposals in this book. I really like the idea of Environmental Legacy and Competition acts. I'd recommend this book to environmentalists and policymakers looking for out-of-the-box ideas. ... Read more

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The current unsustainable practices worldwide in energy production and consumption have led to a plethora of environmental problems. Until recently environmental law largely overlooked the relevance of energy production and consumption; energy was seen to be of little significance to the advancement of sustainable development. This has changed since 2000 with the global concern attached to climate change, the publication by the United Nations of the World Energy Assessment and the detailed consideration given to this issue at the World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg in 2002. Australia has been seen to be lagging behind the other major industrialised nations of the world in addressing sustainable energy issues. ... Read more

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This user-friendly book - noted for its comprehensive legal process approach to the depth and complexity of modern environmental law - gives students a solid doctrinal footing in the law and helps build their analytical skills. Environmental Law and Policy: Nature, Law, and Society, Fourth Edition, uses the legal process approach, building on a base of common law and constitutional law and continuing on to statutory and administrative law, to illustrate both the structure of the law and how it works.

Among the attributes that have made this classroom-tested casebook a favorite:

• coverage not only of the staples of environmental law but of hot topical areas of climate change law, regulation of toxics including consumer product exposures, natural ecological services, risk assessment, “brown-fielding” of contaminated sites, and the linkage between endangered polar bears and atmospheric loading
• broad topical coverage is supplemented with a reference section that includes a Statutory Capsule Appendix and an annotated Glossary of Acronyms and Abbreviations
• extensive author-written explanations accompanied by a large number of visuals, including charts, graphs, and photographs
• statutory and regulatory materials that build on the common law foundation of environmental law, showing the various ways in which statutes address environmental problems and pointing out the strengths and weaknesses of each generic statutory type

The Fourth Edition, which has been reorganized to bring related content together to better correspond to the amount of time usually spent on various topics, features:

• a new co-author, Noah D. Hall of Wayne State
• an array of significant materials not generally covered in other casebooks, including:
  • The Copenhagen Climate Change Conference (the December 2009 international climate change greenhouse gas regulatory negotiations)
  • Exxon Shipping v. Baker (oil spill punitive damages)
  • Native Village of Kivalina v. ExxonMobil (climate change/public nuisance tort)
  • National Assoc. of Homebuilders v. Defenders of Wildlife (endangered species and clash of statutes/ESA, CWA)
  • Coeur Alaska v. SE Alaska Conservation Council (“When can a pristine river be a toxic disposal lagoon?” and the Supreme Court’s recent parade of retreats from environmental protection)
  • So. Utah Wilderness Alliance v. Norton (as a reflection of pressures on resources planning)
  • Stop the Beach Renourishment v. Florida (sea-rise and oceanfront property)
• expanded coverage of clean water, greenhouse gas trading, carbon taxes, and more

The outstanding author team of Environmental Law and Policy: Nature, Law, and Society, Fourth Edition, offers accessible, comprehensive coverage of the fundamentals of environmental law as well as today’s hot topics.

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Environmental harms associated with pollution of the air, land, and water kill and injure more people than street crime on an annual and daily basis. Financially, the losses associated with environmental damage are enormous. Environmental Law, Crime, and Justice addresses these issues through providing an introduction to the study of environmental issues pertinent to the study of environmental crime, contemporary environmental law, environmental policy, and environmental justice. This timely book blends together areas that are often treated or studied individually or in isolation from one another. Designed for classroom use, Environmental Law, Crim,e and Justice exposes readers to the variety of issues involved in the study of environmental law, crime and justice; illustrates the serious nature of these problems; and demonstrates how readers can and should become involved in studying environmental crime, law and justice. The book offers an important step toward preventing further environmental destruction. ... Read more

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The Eighth Edition provides up-to-date treatment of climate change issues. This classic casebook provides students with a thorough understanding of all major federal environmental regulatory schemes as well as insight into current policy controversies. Particular attention is given to the proper role of cost-benefit analysis, the appropriate judicial role in reviewing agency decisions, and the impact of constitutional decisions relating to federalism, standing, and takings. It also covers the latest Supreme Court cases on subjects from Superfund to water pollution, as well as the major regulatory changes in the first year of the Obama Administration. ... Read more