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Read a free excerpt here! American engineers have done astounding
things to bend the Mississippi River to their will: forcing one of
its tributaries to flow uphill, transforming over a thousand miles
of roiling currents into a placid staircase of water, and wresting
the lower half of the river apart from its floodplain. American law
has aided and abetted these feats. But despite our best efforts,
so-called "natural disasters" continue to strike the Mississippi
basin, as raging floodwaters decimate waterfront communities and
abandoned towns literally crumble into the Gulf of Mexico. In some
places, only the tombstones remain, leaning at odd angles as the
underlying soil erodes away. Mississippi River Tragedies reveals
that it is seductively deceptive-but horribly misleading-to call
such catastrophes "natural." Authors Christine A. Klein and Sandra
B. Zellmer present a sympathetic account of the human dreams,
pride, and foibles that got us to this point, weaving together
engaging historical narratives and accessible law stories drawn
from actual courtroom dramas. The authors deftly uncover the larger
story of how the law reflects and even amplifies our ambivalent
attitude toward nature-simultaneously revering wild rivers and
places for what they are, while working feverishly to change them
into something else. Despite their sobering revelations, the
authors' final message is one of hope. Although the acknowledgement
of human responsibility for unnatural disasters can lead to blame,
guilt, and liability, it can also prod us to confront the
consequences of our actions, leading to a liberating sense of
possibility and to the knowledge necessary to avoid future
disasters.
The new edition adds dozens of recent decisions and key statutory
changes. Virtually every principal case in the leading casebooks is
cited or discussed, making this book an excellent aid for students
in any water law course. The revised edition deals with changes in
evolving areas like groundwater-surface water conflicts, public
recreational uses, instream flow protection, federal water
development, takings claims, and water access and equity.
This Concise Hornbook is a comprehensive yet concise user-friendly
treatise on important natural resources law issues. It surveys
cases, statutes, regulations, legal developments, and policies that
have shaped, and will continue to influence, natural resources law
throughout the 20th century and the early 21st century. Topics
include resource economics, jurisdictional constraints, the
National Environment Policy Act (NEPA), wildlife, public lands,
preservation, recreation, rangeland, timber, mining, and energy.
The 2nd edition provides expanded treatment of climate-related
issues and a new chapter on renewable energy law, and it updates
the changes in natural resources policy instigated by the Trump
Administration since 2017.
This comprehensive casebook, now in a fully updated sixth edition,
spans eastern and western water law and policy issues, focusing on
the allocation, use and conservation of groundwater and surface
water. The new edition retains its in-depth consideration of water
institutions, expands its discussion of federal-state and
interstate water relations, and sharpens its coverage of property
rights claims and the public trust doctrine. It includes new U.S.
Supreme Court cases, along with important recent decisions from
other federal and state courts. The role of water law in climate
change adaptation is considered throughout.
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