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Record Nr.

UNINA9910808463703321

Autore

Baier Lowell E.

Titolo

Inside the Equal Access to Justice Act : environmental litigation and the crippling battle over america's lands and endangered species and their critical habitats / / Lowell E. Baier

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland ; ; London, [England] : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

1-4422-5745-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (679 p.)

Disciplina

344.7304/6

Soggetti

Environmental law - United States - Trial practice

Lawyers - Fees - United States

Costs (Law) - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Inside the Equal Access to Justice Act; Contents; List of Illustrations                            ; Preface              ; Prologue: Environmental Litigation and Its Consequences                                                              ; 1 The Growth of Government Regulation in the United States                                                                 ; The New Deal and the Foundation of the Administrative State

The Administrative Procedure Act and Control Over Agencies                                                                 Expanding Entitlements                             ; The Great Society: Kennedy and Johnson                                             ; The Era of Public Interest Law: Civil Rights, Consumerism,  and Environmentalism                                                                                       ; Environmental Litigation and Broadening the Waiver  of Sovereign Immunity

2 The Development of the Equal Access to Justice Act                                                           Early EAJA Proposals: Expanding the Public Interest Mandate                                                                  ; Narrowing and Focusing the Legislation: Responding  to a Devastating Economic Crisis and Bureaucratic Blitzkrieg                                                                                                                       ; EAJA: The Evolution of a Unique Small Business Bill

The 1980 Presidential Election and the Reagan Revolution                                                               Wisconsin's 1980 2nd District Congressional Election Campaign:  A Microcosm of the Presidential Election                                                                                                              



; The Voice of the Silent Majority: America's Small  Business Community Resonates Through the Presidential  Election Campaign

1980 EAJA Hearings and Chairman Kastenmeier's Dilemma                                                            The September 3-4, 1980, Markup of EAJA S. 265: Resurrection  of a Pariah, the 501(c)(3) Financial Exemption                                                                                                                   ; Paranoia in the Capitol: EAJA's Enactment Becomes Politically  Pragmatic

3 Use and Amendment of the Equal Access to Justice Act  from 1981 to 1985

Sommario/riassunto

Lowell E. Baier, one of America's preeminent experts on environmental litigation, chronicles the century-long story of Americas' resources management, focusing on litigations, citizen suit provisions, and attorneys' fees. Inside the Equal Access to Justice Act will be a valuable resource for the environmental legal community, environmentalists, practitioners at all levels of government, and all readers interested in environmental policy and the rise of the administrative state.