The Seaweed Rebellion
The Seaweed Rebellion

Author: Edward A. Fitzgerald

Publisher: Lexington Books

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 326

ISBN-13: 9780739102022

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This study examines the role of the courts in the public policy process by analyzing the federal-state conflicts over offshore energy development--known as the Seaweed Rebellion--from the Roosevelt through Clinton administrations. Dr. Edward A. Fitzgerald posits that the courts play an important role interpreting statutes and overseeing administrative actions to ensure 'that important legislative purposes, heralded in the halls of Congress, are not lost or misdirected in the vast hallways of the federal bureaucracy.' He concludes that the court's interpretations and deference towards executive decisions undermined the important statutory role of the coastal states, decreased environment protection, and has caused a breakdown in the program of outer continental shelf energy development.

Natural Resources
Natural Resources

Author: A. M. Babkina

Publisher: Nova Publishers

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 260

ISBN-13: 9781560729020

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Eleven pieces, written by contributors whose academic or organizational affiliations are not noted, describe and discuss the legislative background, management issues, points of contention, and other features of major debates in natural resource management in the US. Topics include the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge; the Endangered Species Act; assessing non-market values of natural resources through contingent valuation; wetlands regulation and the law of property rights "takings"; international forest agreements; and mining in national parks and wilderness areas. c. Book News Inc.