Nature's trust : environmental law for a new ecological age / Mary Christina Wood, University of Oregon, School of Law.

Author/creator Wood, Mary Christina author.
Format Book
PublicationNew York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2014.
Copyright Date©2014
Descriptionxxiii, 436 pages ; 24 cm
Subjects

Contents "You are doing a great job" -- Modern environmental law : the great legal experiment -- The politics of discretion -- Behind the grand facade -- The administrative tyranny over nature -- The inalienable attribute of sovereignty -- The ecological res -- Fiduciary standards of protection and restoration -- From bureaucrats to trustees -- Beyond borders : shared ecology and the duties of sovereign co-tenant trustees -- Nature's justice : the role of the courts -- Nature's trust and the heart of humanity -- Using earth's interest, not its principal -- The public trust and private property rights -- The new world : a planetary trust.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 353-428) and index.
LCCN 2013014274
ISBN9780521195133 (hardback)
ISBN0521195136 (hardback)
ISBN9780521144117 (pbk.)
ISBN0521144116 (pbk.)

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks KF3775 .W589 2014 ✔ Available Place Hold