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Environmental Law (3rd Edition)

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I've used "Environmental Law" by Nancy K Kubasek and Gary S. Silverman in two seated classes and one online course. It is an outstanding text for describing the parameters of our legal system to students. Those to want a glorified HAZMAT approach to environmental law (or want to ignore the legal system) might not like the book. I love it.

The author of this books is an attorney who does a fairly good job with the big picture but not very well with the science. If you're only looking for a quick study of the structure of environmental law in the U.S., which is about one-third of this book, it's readable and informative. It also uses language and structure that's accessible for advanced high school and lower division college students in giving and overview of the U.S. legal and regulatory system for the environment. The author creates a good historical context for these discussions. However, the book begins to lose its polish when the author ventures into discussions of the science behind the law. I noted several points where the presentation of the science was clearly poorly informed (ozone and global warming, nuclear and alternative engery). If you're only looking for an general introduction to environmenal law, this book will get you started. But, if you want to get a good idea of the science that drives environmental law, keep looking.

I've used this book in two seated classes and one online course on environmental law. If you want a glorified HAZMAT course or have decided that the way our legal system actually operates doesn't matter, then look elsewhere. This is not a science book (nor should it be). If you want a text that students find easy to read and that provides comprehensive coverage of environmental law and our legal system, this is your book.

This book arrived in great condition and the delivery was fast.
As far as the content goes, it was a lovely book; it provided a great overview of most, if not all environmental issues faced by us today. It also provided case studies and copious amounts of examples of real court suits that give reason to why our laws are the way they are today, as well as the flaws in those laws.
Loved it.

Great size for a law book, includes everything you need to know with sufficient detail and clearly organized. Unbiased approach, always nice when studying in the environmental industry. Provides helpful resources for further research in any particular issue as well as tables and data.

Only flaw, some of the sentence structures are unnecessarily complex (wordy) and could be written better. This causes the reading to take a little longer than necessary to understand the issue clearly.

Kubasek is way too opinionated in her writing. The author provides a nice basic overview of the legal process, but needs to settle down on the political commentary. Enough with ripping apart one president and praising another - we all know the executive branch doesn't control the nuts and bolts of this field.

Although I bought this book used, I didn't realize that meant it would be falling apart. When I took it out of the envelope, there were pages falling out. They are currently being held in place by a paper clip. This was one of my first purchases on Amazon. I suppose I will need to be more weary of "used" descriptions. But I can read the book for class, so it serves its purpose.

I go to Harvard law school and I have found this book to be helpful in my field of study. Although i also study criminal justice law I have now become interested in environmental and this book has been impressive. This book is a life saver. It was classy and sophisticated. Please go buy this and I hope to see some new challenging faces at Harvard. Thank you for taking the time to read this.