Title
Law's Environment: How the Law Shapes the Places We Live
Files
Description
John Copeland Nagle shows how our reliance on environmental law affects the natural environment through an examination of five diverse places in the American landscape: Alaska's Adak Island; the Susquehanna River; Colton in California’s Inland Empire; Theodore Roosevelt National Park in the badlands of North Dakota; and Alamogordo in New Mexico. Nagle asks why some places are preserved by the law while others are not, and he finds that environmental laws often have unexpected results while other laws have surprising effects on the environment. Nagle argues that sound environmental policy requires better coordination among the many laws, regulations, and social norms that determine the values and uses of our scarce lands and waters.
ISBN
9780300126297
Publication Date
2010
Publisher
Yale University Press
City
New Haven, C.T.
Keywords
environment, environmental laws
Disciplines
Agriculture Law | Environmental Law | Law
Recommended Citation
Nagle, John Copeland, "Law's Environment: How the Law Shapes the Places We Live" (2010). Books. 79.
https://scholarship.law.nd.edu/law_books/79