Subjects:  1. Computer network resources    2. Environmental    3. Environmental Engineering & Technology    4. Environmental Science    5. Environmental law    6. Environmental sciences    7. Law    8. Legal Reference / Law Profession    9. United States    10. Environmental monitoring    11. Law / Environmental   

Editorial Review

In America, when somebody does you wrong, you take 'em to court. W. R. Grace and Beatrice Foods had been dumping a cancer-causing industrial solvent into the water table of Woburn, Massachusetts, for years; in 1981, the families of eight leukemia victims sued. However, Read more

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Synchronicity???
Is this book, a worthwhile read, an attempt to close the book on shady goings-on in Woburn of the 1960s?Were some children in this case treated for leukemia using cutting edge techniques of the day,such as bone marrow transplants, and some of those children survived only to be tormented because of their unexpected survival?
Just a an ending, not a beginning!
This is a necessary book which does a public service by highlighting the repercussions of poor environmental stewardship. It does not, however, indicate the extent of a broader mystery behind the events in Woburn and Middlesex county itself, respectively.
An inside track on the legal process
Insanely detailed.The author shadowed Mr. Schlichtmann throughout the entire course of the case, giving the reader unprecedented insight into what goes on behind the scenes during litigation.I can see why law classes use the book.A must read for anyone going into law school. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. 1936?-    2. Anderson, Anne,    3. Boston    4. Civil Procedure    5. Contamination    6. Drinking water    7. Groundwater    8. Law and legislation    9. Legal System    10. Massachusetts    11. Politics / Current Events    12. Pollution    13. Sociology    14. Torts    15. Trials (Toxic torts)    16. Trials, litigation, etc    17. W.R. Grace & Co    18. Woburn    19. Anderson, Anne    20. Law / Environmental    21. Law for the lay person    22. Schlichtmann, Jan    23. Reading Group Guide   

Subjects:  1. Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice    2. Law    3. Legal History    4. Legal Reference / Law Profession    5. Natural Resources    6. Water rights    7. West (U.S.)   

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All Around Good Introduction To Business Law
Well written book that provides a good introduction into business law principles. Outlines complex concepts with case law that makes it easy to understand. A reccomended read for the pre-law students as well as a valuable reference for business owners.

Condition of Text
The text was torn. The cover was horrible and it had so much writing in it. It was the wrong text. I typed the IBSN, why would that book show up. I was very disappointed in this purchase.

Business Law Explained for the Intelligent Layman
I was given this book for free by someone who had used it for a college course and didn't want it. I couldn't believe the person wanted to throw it away. This book tells all the basics of business law. If you don't know anything about business law, read it. It is a good book for beginners. I know I will keep it for a reference book for a long time. I am starting my own business and I refer to it all the time. Not only does the book tells just about everything you need to know about business law, it gives actual descriptions of court cases to illustrate the points of each section. A very good buy & an excellent reference book! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Business / Economics / Finance    2. Business Law    3. Commercial law    4. Environmental    5. Law    6. Legal Services    7. Trade regulation    8. United States    9. Business & Economics / Business Law    10. USA   

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compliance handbook
For anyone whose job entails understanding environmental law, this book is essential.The authors cover a wide range of federal environmental law, from hazardous waste to endangered species, and they do it in a format that is easy to utilize.Read more

Subjects:  1. Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice    2. Environmental    3. Environmental Engineering & Technology    4. Environmental Law    5. Environmental Science    6. Legal Reference / Law Profession    7. Reference    8. Science/Mathematics    9. Technology    10. United States    11. Environment law    12. International environmental law    13. Law / General    14. USA   

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Good for the beginner who has basic knowledge of contracts
I bought this book because I have to be involved in oil and gas transaction. It is very useful to cover basic cases and theories on this business area. However, because this book presumes that they understand the basic concepts of contract laws and realty laws, the readers are required to know 101 of, say, what is the reminder or what is the fee simple absolute etc. If you are not educated in the country which takes case law system, before reading it, it would be better to skim through the outline of contracts/realty law.

Good book for mineral owners as well as students
The third edition of this book was very helpful, and also included more recent case law cites than the second edition. I would assume this it true with the fourth as well (and there have been quite a few post 1995 court cases affecting royalty payments among other things). John Lowe is a well-respected professor of oil and gas law and has written many papers as well as several books on the subject.I find his writing style easy to understand, even for a layman like myself.I also found it to be much more than a "nutshell" approach in that the explanations of complicated ideas are fairly complete in most cases. He even touches on the structure and content of oil and gas sales contracts near the end of the book, which I found helpful as well. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Civil Procedure    2. Environmental    3. Law    4. Law and legislation    5. Legal Reference / Law Profession    6. Natural gas    7. Petroleum law and legislation    8. United States    9. Environment law   

Subjects:  1. Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice    2. Cases    3. Environmental    4. Environmental law    5. Environmental policy    6. Law    7. Legal Reference / Law Profession    8. United States    9. Environment law   

Subjects:  1. Environmental    2. Law    3. Legal Reference / Law Profession    4. Environment law    5. Law / Environmental    6. USA   

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an excellent companion volume for students
Findlay and Farber treat environmental issues in this work that is a part of the "Nutshell" legal series. Law students snap these works up around exam time to make sure they haven't missed any valuable tidbits, andthis book has that sort of "Cliff's Notes" feel to it -- that is,it is not an exhaustive environmental law treatise, but makes an excellentsupplement to such treatises. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice    2. Environmental    3. Environmental law    4. Law    5. Legal Reference / Law Profession    6. United States    7. Environment law   

Subjects:  1. Law    2. Legal Reference / Law Profession    3. Natural Resources   

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Excellent survey of energy issues
The book provides a very nice survey of the various energy resources, as well as the economic and environmental issues they raise.It is designed for graduate-level or undergraduate courses.Its strengthes are in its discussion of property and environmental issues, and its discussions of economic regulation.This is the only textbook that discusses deregulation of the electric power industry, and the chapter on stranded costs provides an interesting and balanced discussion of the bailout that we in California are all too familiar with.

Great resource
This book gives a great overview of U.S. energy law and administration with respect to all types of energy sources. It's not just for lawyers, economists, or environmentalists.Read more

Subjects:  1. Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice    2. Cases    3. Energy industries    4. Environmental    5. Environmental law    6. Law    7. Law and economics    8. Law and legislation    9. Legal Reference / Law Profession    10. United States    11. Environment law   

Subjects:  1. Case studies    2. Cases    3. Environmental    4. Environmental law    5. Environmental policy    6. Environmental protection    7. Law    8. Legal Reference / Law Profession    9. United States    10. Environment law   

Subjects:  1. Environmental    2. Law    3. Non-Classifiable    4. Nonfiction - General   

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Good Overview
This book provides a good overview of air permitting and good explanations of many of the issues involved. I don't think it "...shows facility air quality managers, regulatory agency staff, and consultants how to prepare permit applications for Title V Federal Operating Permits or for New Source Review (NSR)or Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) perrmits for new or modified sources of air pollutant emissions, and how to comply with permits obtained." The differences between different facilities and states are too great for one book to do all that. Most books providing advice about air permitting imagine the reader is working for some "Mega-firm" with a team of eager co-workers. They might prove more useful if they focused on the poor guy locked alone in a room with six inches of forms and a bad calculator. Still, Leonard knows his material and provides many useful insights into the permit process.He writes clearly, has organized his material well and does a better job with a huge topic than any other book I have found.

This is a great book on Air Quality Permitting in the U.S.
I used this book last year, as a text book in a class at UCLA that Iteach.I am also using it this year.The book was very well received bythe students.I found it very useful to teach from, and as a referencebook.It is the only book of its kind, as far as I know.Thanks, Leon! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Air    2. Air Pollution    3. Environmental    4. Environmental Engineering & Technology    5. Environmental Law    6. Environmental Science    7. Environmental permits    8. Law    9. Law and legislation    10. Pollution    11. Science/Mathematics    12. Technology & Industrial Arts    13. United States    14. Atmospheric pollution    15. Heating, lighting, ventilation    16. Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection    17. Occupational / industrial health & safety   

Subjects:  1. Environmental Engineering & Technology    2. Environmental Impact Analysis    3. Environmental Monitoring    4. Environmental Science    5. Environmental Studies    6. Environmental impact statement    7. Environmental impact statements    8. National Environmental Policy    9. Public Policy - Regional Planning    10. Science    11. Science/Mathematics    12. Technical Writing    13. United States    14. Law / Environmental    15. Pollution & threats to the environment   

Editorial Review

The day before Good Friday 1989, Captain Joseph Hazelwood and the crew of the Read more

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Gripping Legal Drama Makes Great Reading
David Lebedoff is an excellent author.He goes to great lengths to portray factually and fairly the complicated story of the Exxon Valdez oil spill and ensuing trial.Despite the complex legal issues involved,Lebedoff skillfully makes the book read as though it were a novel.I wouldreccomend this book to anyone in need of a good read.

Highly detailed, but misspells a couple of Alaskan places
On March 24, 1989, the 987 foot oil tanker Exxon Valdez ran aground onBligh Reef, spilling 11 million gallons of North Slope crude oil into theonce pristine waters of Prince William Sound, creating the largest oilspill in U.S. history.David Lebedoff offers a detailed account of thespill and the legal wranglings surrounding the record $5 billion judgmentagainst Exxon, a judgment that is still under appeal. Lebedoff attempts toprovide an even-handed look at the spill and the development of the legalcase that grew out of it, but is hampered by the fact that Exxon refused toprovide comment. This is not the author's fault, but readers should beadvised that this book gives more insight into the perspectives of thevictims and their attorneys than it does into public relations strategiesthat Exxon may have employed and so on.Read more

Subjects:  1. 1946-    2. Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice    3. Alaska    4. Environmental    5. Environmental Law    6. Exxon Corporation    7. Exxon Shipping Company    8. Hazelwood, Joseph Jeffrey,    9. Law    10. Law and legislation    11. Liability for oil pollution damages    12. Litigation    13. Oil spills    14. Politics - Current Events    15. Politics / Current Events    16. Prince William Sound    17. Prince William Sound Region    18. Trials, litigation, etc    19. United States - 20th Century (1945 to 2000)    20. United States - 20th Century (1945 to present)    21. Current Events / General    22. Environment law    23. Hazelwood, Joseph Jeffrey   

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occ. nurse reads andloves
I have reviewed and tried to read numerous books on the osha guidelines but this is without a doubt the best! The information was understandable and informative and the narative wasinterjected enough to keep me awake.I especially found the section, chapter, on what is osha recordable / whatis not most helpful. This chapter alone makes the book worth purchasing. Italso provided a generous amount of details on others regulations andinspections tips. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Business / Economics / Finance    2. Development - Sustainable Development    3. Environmental Engineering & Technology    4. Handbooks, manuals, etc    5. Industrial safety    6. Law and legislation    7. Management - General    8. Occupational Health And Safety    9. Reference    10. United States    11. Law / Environmental    12. Occupational / industrial health & safety    13. USA   

Subjects:  1. Cases    2. Environmental    3. Environmental law    4. Law    5. United States    6. Environment law   

Subjects:  1. Environmental    2. Environmental law    3. Law    4. Legal Reference / Law Profession    5. United States    6. Environment law   

Subjects:  1. Environmental    2. Law    3. Environment law