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Local And National Interests In Using Public Forests: Lessons From The Pacific Northwest, Part I: A Time For Scientists And Lawyers, K. Norman Johnson
Local And National Interests In Using Public Forests: Lessons From The Pacific Northwest, Part I: A Time For Scientists And Lawyers, K. Norman Johnson
Who Governs the Public Lands: Washington? The West? The Community? (September 28-30)
18 pages.
Contains references.
Public Land Management Decisions Affecting Water Rights: The Issue Of Requiring By- Pass Flows As A Condition Of National Forest Special Use Permits For Water Facilities, David H. Getches
Who Governs the Public Lands: Washington? The West? The Community? (September 28-30)
12 pages.
Constitutional And Congressional Requirements Directing Public Lands Decisionmaking, Joseph M. Feller
Constitutional And Congressional Requirements Directing Public Lands Decisionmaking, Joseph M. Feller
Who Governs the Public Lands: Washington? The West? The Community? (September 28-30)
15 pages.
Contains references.
Panel Iii: International Law, Global Environmentalism, And The Future Of American Environmental Policy, Thomas W. Merrill
Panel Iii: International Law, Global Environmentalism, And The Future Of American Environmental Policy, Thomas W. Merrill
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From an American perspective, environmental law has undergone two bouts of centralization in the past three decades. Round one occurred in the 1970's, as Congress federalized vast areas of environmental law that had previously been the province of state and local governments. Round two, which is still in an incipient phase, represents the effort to internationalize environmental law.
The question I would like to address is what can we learn from round one about what is likely to happen in round two. My answer, in a nutshell, is that the primary driving force behind the federalization of environmental law in …