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

• Autore: Baier Lowell E.
• Pubblicazione: Lanham, Maryland ; ; London, [England] : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , 2016; ©2016
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (679 p.)
• Disciplina: 344.7304/6
• Soggetto topico: Environmental law - United States - Trial practice; Lawyers - Fees - United States; Costs (Law) - United States
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Inside the Equal Access to Justice Act
• ISBN: 1-4422-5745-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910808463703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II