Judges and Judiciary
May 18, 2010
Justice Stevens' Abiding Environmental Legacy
Richard Frank of U.C. Berkeley School of Law says a key and often overlooked part of Justice John Paul Stevens' judicial legacy is his role in influential environmental decisions.
Richard M. Frank
Professor of Environmental Practice, UC Davis School of Law
Richard is director of the California Environmental Law & Policy Center at the UC Davis School of Law.
As Justice John Paul Stevens' distinguished, 35-year career on the U.S. Supreme Court winds down, it's both appropriate and timely to consider his contributions to American environmental law. And those contributions are considerable indeed.
Justice Stevens' influence on the nation's environmental jurisprudence goes well beyond the fact that he has served on the Supreme Court longer than anyone in U.S. history save the justice he replaced: William O. Douglas. And it comes in spite...For only $95 a month (the price of 2 article purchases)
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