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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: David Schoenbrod , Richard B. Stewart , Katrina M. Wyman , Deborah Paulus-JagricPublisher: Yale University Press Imprint: Yale University Press Dimensions: Width: 14.00cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 21.00cm Weight: 0.363kg ISBN: 9780300149609ISBN 10: 0300149603 Pages: 216 Publication Date: 06 April 2010 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Out of Print Availability: In Print  Limited stock is available. It will be ordered for you and shipped pending supplier's limited stock. Table of ContentsReviewsA thought-provoking book and a welcome opportunity to grapple with some of the central environmental issues confronting our nation. -Stephen L. Kass, New York Law Journal -- Stephen L. Kass New York Law Journal Our environmental laws badly need re-thinking. This book makes that case and then charts a course for action. A straightforward, comprehensive, and persuasive case for reform. -William D. Ruckelshaus, Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1970-1973 and 1983-1985 -- William D. Ruckelshaus The old environmental laws and approaches have run their course, and we urgently need an intensive period of environmental law reform. That's the message of this insightful, stimulating book... A must read. -James Gustave Speth, author of Red Sky at Morning and The Bridge at the Edge of the World -- James Gustave Speth Breaking the Logjam is a thoughtful, deliberative, easy-to-read digest about the state of environmental policy today. With specific proposals, the authors add their authoritative voices to the call for a more robust statutory framework to enable the country to achieve further environmental progress, which at the moment is stalled and needs to be rekindled. -William K. Reilly, Administrator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1989-93 -- William K. Reilly The authors remind us that a number of our environmental laws are not achieving their important goals. Breaking the Logjam documents the power of well-regulated markets to achieve significant improvements in air quality and challenges us to incorporate those lessons more broadly, hopefully provoking a valuable national discussion on these complex issues. -Fred Krupp, President, Environmental Defense Fund -- Fred Krupp Ambitious, balanced, and engaging, Breaking the Logjam itself breaks new ground by offering Congress a timely and much-needed blueprint for addressing the nation's most pressing environmental problems, including climate change. -Richard J. Lazarus, author of The Making of Environmental Law -- Richard J. Lazarus A newly evolving breed of environmental pragmatists would do well to consider the recommendations that Schoenbrod, Stewart, and Wyman make in Breaking the Logjam. -Robert H. Nelson, Regulation -- Robert H. Nelson Regulation Avoiding the polarities of environmental rollback or defending every jot and ittle of legislation passed almost four decades ago, [Breaking the Logjam] offers solid reform for reconciling environmental protection with economic growth by means of less intrusive, more effective regulation. -Tracy Mehan, Environmental Forum -- Tracy Mehan Environmental Forum Schoenbrod, Stewart and Wyman perform a great service with their new book... [They] give readers a strong framework for rethinking the environmental regulatory structure and a possible means to get environmental protection moving again. -Choice Choice Breaking the Logjam ... offers a range of realistic, informed proposals for reform... It offers solid reform for reconciling environmental protection with economic growth by means of less intrusive, more effective regulation. -G. Tracy Mehan III, The Environmental Forum -- G. Tracy Mehan III The Environmental Forum The old environmental laws and approaches have run their course, and we urgently need an intensive period of environmental law reform. That''s the message of this insightful, stimulating book. You don''t have to agree with everything in it to appreciate that it points us plainly to the right path. A must read. James Gustave Speth, author of Red Sky at Morning: America and the Crisis of the Global Environment and The Bridge at the Edge of the World: Capitalism, the Environment, and Crossing from Crisis to Sustainability -- James Gustave Speth Author InformationDavid Schoenbrod is professor at New York Law School, former attorney for the Natural Resources Defense Council, and visiting scholar at the American Enterprise Institute. Richard B. Stewart is professor at NYU School of Law and is former chairman of the Environmental Defense Fund. Katrina M. Wyman is professor of law at NYU School of Law. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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