Legislative Calendar

Legislative Calendar
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Publisher:
Total Pages: 320
Release:
Genre:
ISBN:

The Law and Policy of Environmental Federalism

The Law and Policy of Environmental Federalism
Author: Kalyani Robbins
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages: 453
Release: 2015-12-18
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1783473622

How should we strike a balance between the benefits of centralized and local governance, and how important is context to selecting the right policy tools? This uniquely broad overview of the field illuminates our understanding of environmental federalism and informs our policy-making future. Professor Kalyani Robbins has brought together an impressive team of leading environmental federalism scholars to provide a collection of chapters, each focused on a different regime. This review of many varied approaches, including substantial theoretical material, culminates in a comparative analysis of environmental federalism and consideration of what each system might learn from the others. The Law and Policy of Environmental Federalism includes clear descriptive portions that make it a valuable teaching resource, as well as original theory and a depth of policy analysis that will benefit scholars of federalism or environmental and natural resources law. The value of its analysis for real-world decision-making will make it a compelling read for practitioners in environmental law or fields concerned with federalism issues, including those in government or NGOs, as well as lobbyists.

The Seaweed Rebellion

The Seaweed Rebellion
Author: Edward A. Fitzgerald
Publisher: Lexington Books
Total Pages: 326
Release: 2001
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780739102022

This study examines the role of the courts in the public policy process by analyzing the federal-state conflicts over offshore energy development--known as the Seaweed Rebellion--from the Roosevelt through Clinton administrations. Dr. Edward A. Fitzgerald posits that the courts play an important role interpreting statutes and overseeing administrative actions to ensure 'that important legislative purposes, heralded in the halls of Congress, are not lost or misdirected in the vast hallways of the federal bureaucracy.' He concludes that the court's interpretations and deference towards executive decisions undermined the important statutory role of the coastal states, decreased environment protection, and has caused a breakdown in the program of outer continental shelf energy development.

Legislative Calendar

Legislative Calendar
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries
Publisher:
Total Pages: 764
Release: 1987
Genre: Fishery law and legislation
ISBN: