Justice on Earth: Earthjustice and the People It Has Served [Hardcover]

Tom Turner (Author)

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Since 1971, when it started out as the Sierra Club Legal Defense Fund, Earthjustice has been a major player in environmental defense. Turner, a staff writer for the organization, presents histories of selected legal battles fought by the nonprofit team of attorneys in the past decade, along with background discussion on the role that litigation plays in shaping and enforcing environmental law in the United States. The result is a highly readable civics lesson and a memorial both to the grim consequences of profit pursued without conscience and the heroism of the individuals and organizations that stand up to powerful interests in defense of wild lands and livable human communities. The stories also serve as a status report on trends within environmental law since the author's last summary of important legal cases, published in 1990 as Wild by Law: The Sierra Club Legal Defense Fund and the Places It Has Saved. Complete with new text, new cases, and new photographs, this readable and aesthetically beautiful book belongs in most public libraries. It is also appropriate for academic libraries.
Noemie Maxwell, King Cty. Lib. Syst., WA
Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 224 pages
• Publisher: Chelsea Green Publishing Company; 1St Edition edition (November 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1931498318
• ISBN-13: 978-1931498319
• Product Dimensions: 12 x 8.7 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,670,569 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars About the endless battles to protect the Earth, November 13, 2002

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Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Justice on Earth: Earthjustice and the People It Has Served (Hardcover)

Justice On Earth: Earthjustice And The People It Has Served by Tom Turner (Earthjustice Senior Editor) is a compelling collection of true stories about the endless battles to protect the earth from the depredations of big and small businesses. Illustrated with numerous full-color photographs, the informed and informative text recounts legal battles of the environmentally oriented Earthjustice legal organization, the centuries of history leading up to these often seminal litigations, as well as the very people and places that devoted public servants struggle to protect. Justice On Earth is a highly recommended addition to any personal, academic, or community library Environmental Issues reference collection or reading list.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Glorious photos and inspiring text, March 5, 2003

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A. Kozak (San Francisco, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Justice on Earth: Earthjustice and the People It Has Served (Hardcover)

This is a coffee-table book you want to take to bed with you! The photos are stunning (as they were in the prequel, Wild by Law) but the stories are so compelling you can't put it down. The book details some of the struggles Earthjustice, the leading non-profit environmental law firm, has had fighting the good fight for civic groups, indigenous folks, and others unlucky enough to be caught in the crossfire when the bad guys try to do their nasty deeds. It reads like a detective novel, but better illustrated!

5.0 out of 5 stars Lawyers and citizen volunteers working together, May 18, 2005

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George Alderson (Catonsville, MD United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Justice on Earth: Earthjustice and the People It Has Served (Hardcover)

Courtroom drama has its place, but this book tells so much more of the story. Every conservation battle is a tale of people who became concerned about something bad that was about to happen to the land and water and air, in violation of our laws. If they were lucky, they had lawyers from Earthjustice to help take the issue to court. Tom Turner knows how to tell a story, and he delves into the fascinating details of ten such cases. Handsome photographs and drawing show what was at stake.

This book will interest readers who care about saving wild lands and defeating pollution. Its stories are full of ideas that can be used again, wherever the earth is threatened.