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Wolves, Courts, and Public Policy

The Children of the Night Return to the Northern Rocky Mountains
  • ISBN-13: 9781498502672
  • Publisher: ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD PUBLISHERS
    Imprint: LEXINGTON BOOKS
  • By Edward A. Fitzgerald
  • Price: AUD $273.00
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  • Local release date: 16/04/2015
  • Format: Hardback 242 pages Weight: 0g
  • Categories: Law [L]
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This book examines the reintroduction and recovery of the wolf in the Northern Rocky Mountains. The wolf was driven to brink of extinction through conscious government policy. The Endangered Species Act of 1973 provided the means for wolf's return, which began in the Carter administration and continues in the Obama administration. The battle over the wolf is part of a larger struggle over the management of public lands, generating public law litigation. Interest groups brought suit in federal courts, challenging the Department of Interior's implementation of policy. The federal courts were required to interpret the statutory mandates and review Interior's decisions to insure statutory compliance. The analysis of this public law litigation demonstrates that the federal courts correctly interpreted the statutory mandates and properly supported and checked Interior's decisions. This book focuses on the controversial role of the courts in the resolution of public policy conflicts. Judicial skeptics argue that the courts should not get involved in complex public policy disputes as Judges lack the expertise and information to make informed decisions. Judicial proponents, by contrast, argue that judicial involvement is necessary so Federal courts can oversee federal agencies, which are under conflicting pressure from interest groups, the President, Congress, and their own internal dynamics. This book supports the conclusions of judicial proponents and points out that the federal courts have been instrumental in the return and recovery of the wolf to the Northern Rocky Mountains.
Chapter 1: Theoretical Framework Chapter 2: The Extermination and Resurrection of the Wolf Chapter 3: The Return: Wyoming Farm Bureau Federation v. Babbitt Chapter 4: Dysfunctional Downlisting Defeated: Defenders of Wildlife v. Secretary of Interior Chapter 5: The Northern Rocky Mountain Distinct Population Segment: Defenders of Wildlife v. Hall Chapter 6: Premature Delisting: Defenders of Wildlife v. Salazar Chapter 7: Congress Behaving Badly: Alliance for the Wild Rockies v. Salazar
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