Includes bibliographical references (pages xxxi-xxxiii) and index.

Basic themes in environmentalism -- Cross-cutting themes in environmental law -- The common law in modern environmental law -- The special challenges of toxic tort litigation -- An overview of environmental regulation in the United States -- The administrative law of environmental law : the law of administrative agencies -- Sovereignty in the environmental law context -- Federal agency disclosure : NEPA's stop-and-think logic and the power of information -- Public planning as a management tool : governmental oversight of private & public resource use, and the challenge of adaptive management -- Roadblock statutory strategies & the Endangered Species Act : stark prohibitions and their viability -- From harm-based standards to tech-based standards : the Clean Air Act -- Technology-based standard setting : the Clean Water Act using cost-benefit analysis in agency rulemakings & review of regulations -- Market-enlisting strategies : achieving environmental protection through pollution trading and other economic incentives -- Front-end strategies : market entry controls, pollution prevention, toxic use reduction -- Remedial liability regulatory strategies : CERCLA -- Lifecycle regulatory strategies : RCRA -- Evolving patterns of enforcement and compliance -- Environmental criminal law -- Public environmental rights and duties : the public trust doctrine -- Private property and public rights : constitutional limits on physical and regulatory takings -- International and comparative environmental law.