Recently, state legislatures have been adopting statutes that require agencies to change
their regulatory procedures to address the increased demands of private property rights …

As higher levels of government became more active in the field of environmental law and
policy during the 1960s and 1970s, their actions began to preempt local environmental law …

Comparing national efforts to preserve public lands, William R. Lowry investigates how
effectively and under what conditions governments can provide goods for future …

Recently, the executive and legislative branches of the federal government have been
engaged in a great debate about the appropriate additional degrees of responsibility to …

Within a federal system, government agencies and regulatory policies can be fractured--
even at odds with each other. National actors share power with their counterparts in states …

Since the 1950s, a great deal of American public administrative practice has been"
constitutionalized," or regulated directly by constitutional law (Rosenbloom, 1983) …

The designation of airspace areas is very important and strategic for the integrity and
sovereignty of a nation state. Also, understanding the airspace area of a country is beneficial …

Regulation and deregulation might not appear to be a likely locus for intense political
debate. Much of the discussion of proposed regulations in the United States occurs in …

Property rights and government regulation have been the subject of considerable discussion
and controversy in recent years. The issue of “takings” has been raised in most of the state …

This dissertation examines how water supply policy has changed in three states (Arizona,
California, and Florida) since the adoption of the Endangered Species Act in 1973 (ESA) …