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Pollution Control By Effluent Charges: It Works In The Federal Republic Of Germany, Why Not In The U.S., Gardner M. Brown Jr., Ralph W. Johnson
Pollution Control By Effluent Charges: It Works In The Federal Republic Of Germany, Why Not In The U.S., Gardner M. Brown Jr., Ralph W. Johnson
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This article describes the recent Federal Republic of Germany effluent charge law and the political and legal background that permitted this law to be enacted. The impact of that law is assessed, although the assessment is necessarily tentative in view of the short experience with the law to date. The economic and legal implications of enacting an effluent charge law in the United States also are analyzed. Included in this discussion are the advantages and disadvantages of state vs. federal enactment, the constitutional objections that might be raised to such a law, and how it might be coordinated with existing …
Federalism And The Wild And Scenic Rivers Act: Now You See It, Now You Don't, Sally K. Fairfax, Barbara T. Andrews, Andrew P. Buchsbaum
Federalism And The Wild And Scenic Rivers Act: Now You See It, Now You Don't, Sally K. Fairfax, Barbara T. Andrews, Andrew P. Buchsbaum
Washington Law Review
This article investigates the proposed designation of the North Coast rivers under WSRA. It chronicles developments in the legal controversy and relates them to the larger issues of land and water management. The shifting legal framework and changing economic and political interests in the North Coast controversy are particularly enlightening to students of federalism. Lawyers are among those who may be tempted to view the North Coast controversy in terms of federal-state conflict or intergovernmental cooperation run amuck, and to view the courts as an umpire in a dispute over authority.
Protecting The People's Waters: The California Supreme Court Recognizes Two Remedies To Safeguard Public Trust Interests In Water—National Audubon Society V. Superior Court, 33 Cal. 3d 419, 658 P.2d 709, 189 Cal. Rptr. 346, Cert. Denied, 104 S. Ct. 413 (1983), Kevin M. Raymond
Washington Law Review
This Note outlines the public trust remedies presently in place in California by discussing the background of the public trust doctrine and the appropriative water rights system in California as well as the holdings of the Mono Lake court. This Note also proposes changes to improve both the administrative and judicial public trust remedies.