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Record Nr.

UNINA9910672145603321

Autore

Miller Jeffrey G.

Titolo

Plain meaning, precedent, and metaphysics : interpreting the elements of the Clean Water Act offense / / Jeffrey G. Miller

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, District of Columbia : , : Environmental Law Institute, , 2017

©2017

ISBN

1-58576-190-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (293 pages) : illustrations

Disciplina

344.73046343

Soggetti

Water - Pollution - Law and legislation - United States

United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

; Introduction -- "Addition" -- "Pollutant" -- "Navigable waters" -- "Point source" -- Lessons in statutory interpretation.

Sommario/riassunto

"[This book provides analyses] of each of the first four elements of a Clean Water Act offense: addition, pollutant, navigable waters, and point source. Disputes over the interpretations of these statutory terms have produced a steady stream of reported decisions since the initial implementation of the statute. Even after four decades, many of these issues are unresolved and new issues continue to arise. Judicial decisions and interpretations, however, are not the only materials studied for the analyses in this volume. Significant legislative history and administrative interpretations are analyzed as well. This book also examines what, if anything, can be learned about the process of statutory interpretation itself from studying the interpretations of the elements."--