Environmental law and policy : a course book on nature, law, and society / Zygmunt J.B. Plater, Robert H. Abrams, William Goldfarb.

CONTENT

PART ONE: PERCEPECTIVES ON ENVIRONMENTAL LAW
Chapter 1. The environmental perspective and a simple case

Chapter 2. Law and economics, uncertainty and risk in environmental decision making

PART TWO. THE FOUNDATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL LAW:TRADITIONAL COMMON LAW THEORIES AND FUNDAMENTAL ISSUES OF REMIDIES AND LIABILITIES
Chapter 3. Environmental torts and remedies: Fitting environmental cases into common law theories

Chapter 4. Toxic torts: Beyond the traditional common law setting

Chapter 5. Environmental remedies drawn from other fields of law: corporate law, contracts and property

PART THREE: FROM COMMON LAW TO PUBLIC LAW:THE STRUCTURE AND POWER OF GOVERNMENT
Chapter 6. The interplay between common law and the statues

Chapter 7. The force of the crim9inal law in environmental cases

Chapter 8. Fundamental environmental rights :Federal and state constitutions, and the public trust doctrine

Chapter 9. Public power and private property rights: Constitutional authority and limitations

Chapter 10. Environmental issues in the division of authority between federal and state governments

PART FOUR: ENVIRONMENTAL STATUES AND THE ADMINISTRATIVE STATE AND A TOXONOMY OF ENVIRONMENTAL STATUES
Chapter 11. The administrative law of environmental law

Chapter 12. NEPA The national environmental act-a mandatory disclosure and stop and think statute

Chapter 13. The native roadblocks: Section 7 of the endangered species act of 1973 a stack prohibition statute

Chapter 14. Public resource management statutes

Chapter 15. Traditional review and permit process, and a survey of modern standard setting approaches

Includes bibliographical references (p. 16-26) and index.