Rule of Five Making Climate History At the Supreme Court

A renowned Supreme Court advocate tells the inside story of Massachusetts v. EPA, the landmark case that made it possible for the EPA to regulate greenhouse gases, from the Bush administration¿s fierce opposition, to the internecine conflicts among the petitioners, to the razor-thin 5¿4 victory.

A propos de l'auteur

Richard J. Lazarus is the Howard and Katherine Aibel Professor of Law at Harvard University, where he teaches courses on environmental law and Supreme Court decision making. He has represented the government and environmental groups in forty Supreme Court cases and has presented oral argument in fourteen. For ten years he has been co-teaching with Chief Justice John Roberts a course on the history of the Supreme Court. Lazarus was the founding director of the Supreme Court Institute, which prepares attorneys for oral argument in over 90 percent of the cases brought before the Supreme Court.

Résumé

A renowned Supreme Court advocate tells the inside story of Massachusetts v. EPA, the landmark case that made it possible for the EPA to regulate greenhouse gases, from the Bush administration’s fierce opposition, to the internecine conflicts among the petitioners, to the razor-thin 5–4 victory.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Lazarus Richard J., Richard J. Lazarus
• Edition: Harvard University Press
• Contenu: Livre
• Forme du produit: Livre Relié
• Date de parution: 31.03.2020
• Catégorie: Sciences sociales, droit, économie > Droit > Droit public, administratif, constitutionnel
• EAN: 9780674238121
• ISBN: 978-0-674-23812-1
• Nombre de pages: 368
• Catégories: POLITICAL SCIENCE / Constitutions, LAW / Courts, LAW / Environmental, LAW / Trial Practice, Environmental law, Environment law, Constitution: government & the state, Constitution: government and the state, Courts & procedure, Legal systems: courts and procedures