Description
Book SynopsisTrade Review"In the second edition of
The Making of Environmental Law, Richard J. Lazarus provides an updated account of the ways environmental law in the United States first emerged, its evolution over more than half a century, its unique inherent challenges, and its prospects. . . .the book offers a readable, informative, and detailed overview of the major developments in environmental law, with new chapters covering issues since the early 2000s. It is an essential resource on the recent history of federal environmental law in the United States." * H-Net (H-Environment) *
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments
Introduction
Part I: Making Environmental Law
1. Time, Space, and Ecological Injury
2. The Implications of Ecological Injury for Environmental Protection Law
3. The Challenges for US Lawmaking Institutions and Processes of Environmental Protection Law
Part II: The Road First Taken—The Twentieth Century
4. Becoming Environmental Law
5. Building a Road: The 1970s
6. Expanding the Road: The 1980s
7. Maintaining the Road: The 1990s
Part III: A Road Disrupted—The Twenty-First Century
8. The Super Wicked Problem of Climate Change
9. The George W. Bush Administration: Redrawing the Battle Lines
10. The Obama Administration: Getting to Paris
11. The Trump Administration: Swinging the Meat Ax
Part IV: Looking Back and Going Forward
12. Convergence and Building Blocks within Environmental Law
13. The Next Fifty Years
Notes
Index
