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Introduction & Chapters - Additional Materials
Introduction
Sidebar 1: Bush v. Gore
Sidebar 2: Loving v. Virginia
The Problem We All Live With
Ch. 1
- Historical Origins and Nature of the U.S. Legal System
Sidebar 3: Marbury v. Madison
Sidebar 4: Common Law v. Civil Law
Sidebar 5: Juries and the Adversarial System
Ch. 2
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The Structure and Function of the U.S. Legal System and Its Lawmaking Institutions
Sidebar 6: Roe v. Wade
Sidebar 7: Shelby County v. Holder
Brown v. Board of Education, 347 U.S. 483 (1954)
EPA Reorganization Plan #3 (1970)
- US EPA Archive
2016 Plum Book - US Government Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Policy and Supporting
Positions; 114th Congress, 2d session
40 CFR Part 30
- Cornell Law Legal Information Institute
1987 Corps of Engineers Wetlands Delineation Manual and Regional Supplements
Ch. 3
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Thinking about Law as an Object of Research – Basic Principles of Legal Research
Ch. 4
- Applying the Principles of Legal Research - Using Secondary Sources
Legal Research Exercise
Ch. 5
- Applying the Principles of Legal Research to Find Relevant, Good Law
Ch. 6
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Learning to Read a Case: Environmental Torts and the
Boomer
Decision
Boomer v. Atlantic Cement, Co.
--- cases and articles
Flowchart for a Civil Trial
New York State Court System
Ch. 7
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Learning to Brief a Case:
Whalen v. The Union Bag and Paper Co.
Whalen v. Union Bag & Paper Co.
, 208 N.Y. 1 (1913)
Ch. 8
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Case Studies in Common Law, Environmental Torts
Village of Wilsonville v. SCA Services ---
cases, articles, and study questions
Spur Industries, Inc. v. Del Webb Development Co. ---
cases and study questions
Borland v. Sanders Lead Co
. --- cases and study questions
Branch v. Western Petroleum, Inc.
--- cases and study questions
Ch. 9
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Toxic Torts and
A Civil Action
The Guide to the Reading of
A Civil Action
Internal Memorandum of Law
Ch. 10
- The Endangered Species Act of 1973
a) The ESA itself:
Endangered Species Act
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) - Text of the Convention
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) -
Appendices
b)
Tennessee Valley Authority v. Hiram Hill
:
How Case Law Determines the Meaning of a Statute:
Tennessee Valley Authority v. Hill,
437 U.S. 153 (1978)
Tennessee Valley Authority v. Hill,
549 F.2d 1064 (1977)
Tennessee Valley Authority v. Hill
, 419 F.Supp 753 (1976)
c) More ESA cases:
Palila v. Hawaii Dept. of Land & Natural Resources
-- cases, articles, and CFRs
Carlton v. Babbitt
-- cases, articles, and CFRs
U.S. v. Billie
-- cases
Ch. 11
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Environmental Statutes and the Modern Environmental Movement
Ch. 12
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Environmental Law Research Combines Decisional, Statutory, and Administrative Law Research
Ch. 13
- The Role of Administrative Law in Protecting the Environment
Citizens to Preserve Overton Park v. Volpe
-- cases, articles, and study questions
Judicial Review and the "Hard Look" Doctrine, 7 Nev. L.J. 151 (2007)
Glossary