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What Is Natural Resources Law?, Robert L. Fischman Jan 2007

What Is Natural Resources Law?, Robert L. Fischman

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A recent flurry of new natural resources law casebooks, coming a quarter-century since the publication of the last significant new teaching materials, is an occasion to revisit the boundaries that define the field. The similarities among the casebooks are stronger than their differences, and represent a consensus about what composes natural resources law. The published teaching materials as well as an informal poll of natural resources law professors show a substantial overlap between natural resources and environmental law course coverage. Administrative implementation of statutes dominates both subjects. Both courses typically cover environmental impact analysis and endangered species protection. The new …


Predictions And Prescriptions For The Endangered Species Act, Robert L. Fischman Jan 2004

Predictions And Prescriptions For The Endangered Species Act, Robert L. Fischman

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The thirtieth anniversary of the enactment of the modern Endangered Species Act (ESA) offers an irresistible excuse to suggest changes that are needed to set the statute, and the larger project of environmental protection, on course for greater effectiveness. The 1973 ESA is novel in its approach and reach, in that it reflects both the resource management and pollution control traditions in environmental law. Its evolution indicates broader trends in the legal landscape of environmental law.

Making predictions about the future of the ESA is a daunting task. Most predictions made thirty years ago about the statute proved to be …


A Lesson For Conservation From Pollution Control Law: Cooperative Federalism For Recovery Under The Endangered Species Act, Robert L. Fischman, Jaelith Hall-Rivera Jan 2002

A Lesson For Conservation From Pollution Control Law: Cooperative Federalism For Recovery Under The Endangered Species Act, Robert L. Fischman, Jaelith Hall-Rivera

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Endangered Species Information: Access And Control, Robert L. Fischman, Vicky J. Meretsky Jan 2001

Endangered Species Information: Access And Control, Robert L. Fischman, Vicky J. Meretsky

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Changing Conceptions Of Property And Sovereignty In Natural Resources: Questioning The Public Trust Doctrine, Richard J. Lazarus Jan 1986

Changing Conceptions Of Property And Sovereignty In Natural Resources: Questioning The Public Trust Doctrine, Richard J. Lazarus

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