This book analyzes all significant aspects of management of lands and resources owned by the federal government, focusing on the national parks, the national forests, the national wildlife refuges, and the remaining public lands. It provides a brief historical overview of public land law in the United States and analyzes the constitutional basis for ownership and regulation of federal lands and natural resources. It covers the statutory basis for determining appropriate uses for federal lands and for assessment of the environmental impacts of activities on those lands. It also analyzes the rules governing planning and management of the water, mineral, timber, range, wildlife, recreation, and preservation resources on federal lands. Finally, it covers important recent public land law developments -- in Congress, in the land management agencies, and in the courts.
"This book reviews the common law principles that underpin modern land use regulations, including covenants and restrictions that work with government regulation to limit the use of private property.
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
Land Use in a Nutshell
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations.
The Mayor and Burgesses of the London Borough of Wandsworth (2001) 82 P. & C.R. 137 at 144 per Rimer J.; Trustees of the Michael Butt Charitable Trust v. Adams (2001) 82 P. & C.R. 406 at 412–13 per Laddie J. 53 Dockray [1982] Conv.
Land Law in a Nutshell
An essential revision and started guide, presenting the essentials of the law in clear and straightforward language.