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Lawyers, Swamps, and Money is an accessible, engaging guide to the complex set of
laws governing
Readers will first learn the basics of administrative law: how
agencies receive and exercise their authority, how they actually make laws, and
how stakeholders can influence their behavior through the Executive Branch,
Congress, the courts, and the media. These core concepts provide a base of
knowledge for successive discussions of:
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the geographic scope and activities covered by the Clean Water Act
·
the curious relationship between the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
and the Environmental Protection Agency
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the goal of no net loss of wetlands
·
the role of entrepreneurial wetland mitigation banking
·
the tension between wetland mitigation bankers and in-lieu fee
mitigation programs
·
wetland regulation and private property
rights.
The book concludes with insightful policy recommendations to make
wetlands law less ambiguous and more effective.
A prominent legal scholar and wetlands expert, professor Royal C. Gardner has a
rare knack for describing landmark cases and key statutes with uncommon clarity
and even humor. Students of environmental law and policy and natural resource
professionals will gain the thorough understanding of administrative law needed
to navigate wetlands policy-and they may even enjoy it.