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Be Fruitful, And Multiply, And Replenish The Earth, And Subdue It: Third World Population Growth And The Environment, Omar Saleem

Journal Publications

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Current Issues In Environmental Law, Office Of Continuing Legal Education At The University Of Kentucky College Of Law, W. Henry Graddy Iv, Jack C. Bender, Thomas W. Fitzgerald, Carl W. Breeding, Marcus P. Mcgraw, Phillip J. Shepherd, David J. Smart, Dennis J. Conniff, Lloyd R. Cress Jr., E. Douglas Stephan, James L. Dickinson, Todd E. Leatherman, Elizabeth U. Natter, W. Patrick Stallard, Rick L. Thomas, Bradley E. Dillon, Vanessa M. Berge, Ronald R. Van Stockum Jr.

Continuing Legal Education Materials

Materials from the Current Issues in Environmental Law seminar held by UK/CLE in April 1995.

Lessons From The Procedural Politics Of The "Comprehensive" National Energy Policy Act Of 1992, Jim Rossi

Vanderbilt Law School Faculty Publications

This Article examines the political and procedural history of the EPAct in order to arrive at some general lessons and recommendations regarding congressional formation of energy policy. At least two commentators on the EPAct praise it as the "second generation" of federal energy policy, based in laws that achieve "their mandates more by consensus than coercion." The EPAct's history, however, was far from smooth. Procedural obstacles, such as filibuster, inter-committee conflict, and inter-chamber conflict, led many to declare the EPAct dead on several occasions prior to its passage.

An American Perspective On Environmental Impact Assessment In Australia, Mark Squillace

Publications

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An Outline History Of Environmental Law And Administration In Poland, Daniel H. Cole

Articles by Maurer Faculty

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Regulatory Takings And Wetland Protection In The Post-Lucas Era, Richard C. Ausness

Law Faculty Scholarly Articles

In June 1992, the United States Supreme Court decided Lucas v. South Carolina Coastal Council. The case involved a claim for compensation against the State of South Carolina by a landowner who was prohibited from placing structures on two of his beachfront lots. The Court declared that the landowners must be compensated when government regulations deprive them of all economically beneficial or productive uses of their property unless the proscribed uses were not permitted as part of their original titles.

Although some legal commentators have praised the Lucas decision, others have strongly condemned it. A common criticism of Lucas …