Publication Date
1995
Journal
Global Environmental Law Annual
Abstract
There is an old joke about someone who, having taken a course in speed reading, is able to finish War and Peace in an afternoon. On bragging about this accomplishment, he is asked what the book was about. His entire response: "Russia." In attempting to fulfil my charge to summarize American environmental law in a few pages I fear that I risk a similar result. With such ruthless simplification, the reader may came away with no more understanding of this enormous, detailed, and complex body of law than the speed reader had of Tolstoy, knowing only that American environmental law is about "the environment." I hope, however, to communicate some sense of its scope, basic principles, and mechanisms.
Volume
1995
First Page
35
Last Page
68
Publisher
Wolf Global Legal Publishers
Keywords
Environmental Law, Pollution
Disciplines
Environmental Law | Law
Recommended Citation
Michael E. Herz,
An Introduction to Environmental Law in the United States of America,
1995
Glob. Envtl. L. Ann.
35
(1995).
https://larc.cardozo.yu.edu/faculty-articles/1086
