Duke Environmental Law & Policy Forum

DUKE ENVIRONMENTAL LAW & POLICY FORUM


Volume IXFall 1998Number 1

Third Annual Cummings Colloquium on Environmental Law
The Rents of Nature:
Special Interests and the Puzzle of Environmental Legislation

In Memoriam
Editor's Note i
 

Foreword

The Puzzle of Environmental Politics Frank B. Cross and Jonathan Baert Wiener1
 

The Political Origins of Modern Environmental Law

Environmental Legislation and the Problem of Collective Action Robert V. Percival9
Rational Choice Versus Republican Moment Explanations for Environmental Laws, 1969-73 Christopher H. Schroeder29
Self-Interest, Politics and the Environment -- A Response to Professor Schroeder Donald T. Hornstein 61
Strange Bedfellows Make Normal Politics: An Essay R. Shep Melnick 75
 

The Politics of Subsequent Environmental Legislation

The Legislation of Unintended Consequences Rena I. Steinzor 95
The Failure of Risk Reform Legislation in the 104th Congress Marc Landy and Kyle D. Dell 113
Pangloss Was Right: Reforming Congress Is Useless, Expensive, or Harmful Michael C. Munger 133