Understanding Environmental Administration And Law

by Buck, Susan J.

• ISBN13: 9781597260367
• ISBN10: 1597260363
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-09-28
• Publisher: Island Pr

Summary

Understanding Environmental Administration and Law provides an engaging, introductory overview of environmental policy. Author Susan J. Buck explores the process through which policy is made, the political environment in which it is applied, and the statutory and case laws that are critical to working within the regulatory system. This revised and expanded third edition adds case studies that help bring the subject to life and includes new material on * the Bush Administration and its approach to administering environmental laws * the continuing evolution of environmentalism and the changing role of environmental regulation in the United States * the development and implementation of environmental agreements at the international level *the impacts and implications of globalization Understanding Environmental Administration and Law provides a framework for understanding the legal and political context of environmental protection and familiarizes readers with the federal environmental regulatory structure. With a focus on understanding the law as a managerial tool, the book is an essential resource for anyone involved with environmental issues, from students to citizen activists to managers at the federal, state, and local level.

Author Biography

Susan J. Buck is Associate Professor of Political Science and Director of Environmental Studies at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro

Table of Contents

Preface	xv
Acknowledgments	xvii
Chapter One: The American Legal System	1	(20)
Sources of Law	2	(6)
The Common Law	2	(2)
Statutes and Ordinances	4	(1)
Rules and Regulations	5	(1)
Case Discussion 1.1: Cover Crops	5	(1)
The Constitution	6	(2)
Judicial Decisionmaking	8	(5)
Statutory Interpretation	8	(1)
Judicial Precedents	9	(1)
Application of Constitutional Principles	10	(11)
Case Discussion 1.2: Bird's Eye View	11	(2)
Federalism	13	(6)
Case Study: Tangier Sound (1982)	16	(3)
Suggested Reading	19	(1)
Notes	19	(2)
Chapter Two: Environmentalism in the United States	21	(20)
Beginnings: The 1960's	21	(10)
National Environmental Policy Act	23	(3)
The Environmental Decade: The 1970's	26	(1)
Environmental Action in the 1980's	27	(3)
Sealing the Century: The 1990's	30	(1)
Past the Millennium I: George W Bush	31	(3)
Past the Millennium II: Challenges to Old Environmentalism	34	(1)
Suggested Reading	35	(1)
Notes	35	(6)
Chapter Three: The Public Policy Process	41	(28)
Types of Public Policy	41	(5)
Distributive Policy	42	(1)
Protective Regulatory Policy	43	(1)
Redistributive Policy	44	(1)
Competitive Regulatory Policy	45	(1)
The Public Policy Process: Introduction	46	(2)
Agenda Setting	48	(4)
Systemic and Institutional Agendas	49	(1)
Reaching the Institutional Agenda	50	(2)
Policy Formulation and Legitimation	52	(6)
Problem Definition	53	(1)
Formulation	54	(3)
Case Discussion 3.1: Touch-and-Go	55	(2)
Legitimation	57	(1)
Implementation	58	(6)
Bureaucratic Resources	58	(2)
Administrative Discretion	60	(2)
Variables Affecting Implementation	62	(1)
Implementing Environmental Policy	63	(1)
Evaluation	64	(2)
Suggested Reading	66	(1)
Notes	66	(3)
Chapter Four: Legal Concepts in Environmental Law	69	(37)
Understanding Case Law	70	(5)
Briefing a Case	72	(3)
Box 4.1: Example of Law School Brief	74	(1)
Due Process	75	(3)
Procedural Due Process	76	(1)
Substantive Due Process	77	(1)
The "Due Process Explosion"	77	(1)
Standing	78	(5)
Case Discussion 4.1: Animal Watchers Abroad	82	(1)
Common Law: Nuisance, Property, and Public Trust	83	(16)
Nuisance	83	(3)
Case Discussion 4.2: Shake, Rattle, and...Boom	85	(1)
Property	86	(20)
Origins of Land Use Control	86	(2)
Eminent Domain	88	(4)
Case Discussion 4.3: Playing Chicken	90	(2)
Zoning	92	(1)
Regulation versus Taking	92	(4)
Case Discussion 4.4: Redistributing Paradise	94	(2)
Public Trust Doctrine	96	(3)
Suggested Reading	99	(1)
Notes	99	(7)
Chapter Five: Pollution Control and Hazardous and Toxic Substances	106	(38)
The Administrative Procedure Act	106	(11)
Rulemaking	108	(6)
Types of Rules	109	(2)
Rulemaking Procedures	111	(3)
Benefit-Cost Analysis	114	(1)
Administrative Adjudication	114	(1)
Judicial Review	115	(2)
Air Pollution	117	(8)
Box 5.1: Buying the Right to Pollute	119	(4)
Case Discussion 5.1: Blowing Smoke	123	(2)
Water Pollution	125	(5)
Case Discussion 5.2: Moving Violations	126	(4)
Hazardous and Toxic Substances	130	(8)
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act of 1947	131	(2)
Case Discussion 5.3: Birds and Birdies	132	(1)
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (1976)	133	(1)
Case Discussion 5.4: The Foolish Trucker	133	(1)
Toxic Substances Control Act (1976)	134	(1)
Superfund (1980) and SARA (1986)	135	(9)
Case Discussion 5.5: Dead Batteries	137	(1)
The Future	138	(2)
Suggested Reading	140	(1)
Notes	140	(4)
Chapter Six: Managing Wildlife and Public Lands	144	(46)
Federal-State Cooperative Wildlife Management	144	(10)
The Rise and Fall of the State Ownership Doctrine	145	(9)
Treaty Power	147	(1)
Federal Property Power	148	(1)
Commerce Clause	148	(3)
Case Discussion 6.1: The Price of Hunting Elk	149	(2)
Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration (Pittman-Robertson) Act	151	(2)
Federal Aid in Sport Fish Restoration (Dingell-Johnson) Act	153	(1)
Other Federal-State Programs	153	(1)
Federal Wildlife Programs	154	(18)
Regulating the Taking of Wildlife	154	(7)
Migratory Bird Legislation	154	(1)
Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act	155	(3)
Case Discussion 6.2: High Wire Act	156	(2)
Wild Free-Roaming Horse and Burro Act	158	(10)
Case Discussion 6.3: Who Owns the Burros?	158	(3)
Regulating Commerce in Wildlife	161	(1)
Conservation of Endangered Species	162	(4)
Case Discussion 6.4: Don't Feed the Bears	164	(2)
Marine Mammal Protection Act	166	(2)
Federal Acquisition and Management of Wildlife Habitat	168	(4)
National Wildlife Refuge System	168	(1)
Multiple-Use Lands	169	(2)
Special Purpose Lands	171	(1)
Public Lands	172	(9)
Acquisition	175	(1)
Disposal	175	(1)
Reservation	176	(1)
Custodial and Intensive Management	176	(2)
Consultation and Confrontation	178	(3)
Suggested Reading	181	(1)
Notes	182	(8)
Chapter Seven: International Environmental Policy and Law	190	(33)
International Organizations	193	(5)
The United Nations	193	(4)
Nongovernmental Organizations	197	(1)
International and Global Commons	198	(17)
Property Rights and Regimes	199	(2)
Oceans	201	(6)
Living Resources	202	(3)
Case Discussion 7.1: Fishy Tales	203	(2)
Marine Pollution	205	(2)
Atmosphere	207	(8)
Acid Deposition	208	(2)
Ozone Depletion	210	(2)
Climate Change	212	(3)
Suggested Reading	215	(1)
Notes	215	(8)
Afterword	223	(6)
Finding Case Law	229	(4)
Glossary	233	(8)
Acronyms	241	(4)
List of Cases	245	(4)
Legislation	249	(6)
Bibliography	255	(14)
Index	269