Introduction & Chapters

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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - Environmental Statutes and the Modern Environmental Movement

Ch. 12 - 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