The federal government owns more than 1 million square miles of land in the United States. The expert authors of Law in a Nutshell: Modern Public Land Use summarize the rules and doctrines governing disposition, allocation, and protection of this land and the natural resources it contains.
Topics include the history of public law; constitutional authority on federal public lands; Congress and the states; authority on public lands; the executive branch; and the courts. This also discusses resources, such as water, minerals, timber, wildlife, and recreation, and their preservation.
Features and Benefits include: Succinct summary of public land law; Timesaving reference guide; Focuses on the major questions and authority of public land law; Enhances understanding of public land law.
Table of Contents includes: Modern Public Land Law: An Introduction; History of Public Land Law; Constitutional Authority on the Federal Public Lands: Congress and the States; Authority on the Public Lands: The Executive and the Courts; The Water Resource; The Mineral Resource; The Timber Resource; The Range Resource; The Wildlife Resource; The Recreation Resource; The Preservation Resource.
Don't let their small size fool you: West's Law in a Nutshell series represents the depth and breadth of the law in over a hundred different areas. Nutshells have a loyal following who swear by their succinct and easy to understand treatment of the law, and this particular title is a great illustration that learning the law doesn't have to be dry and confusing.
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