Modern Public Land Law in a Nutshell (Nutshell Series.)

Book Description
The federal government owns more than 1 million square miles of land in the United States. Expert authors summarize the rules and doctrines governing disposition, allocation, and protection of this land and the natural resources it contains. Topics include the history of public law; constitutional authority on federal public lands; Congress and the states; authority on public lands; the executive branch; and the courts. Also discusses resources, such as water, minerals, timber, wildlife, and recreation, and their preservation.

About the Author
Roger L. Glicksman, Wagstaff Professor of Law, University of Kansas; George C. Coggins, Tyler Professor of Law, University of Kansas


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History of Modern Public Land Law; Constitutional Authority: Congress and the States; Jurisdiction Within Federal Enclaves; Property Clause; Federal Preemption; Takings: Limits on the Exercise of Congressional Power; The Executive and the Courts; Water Resource; Acquisition of Water Rights; Federal Water Resources Development; Watershed Management; Mineral Resource; Hardrock Minerals; Mineral Leasing; Split Estates; The Timber Resource; Timber Contracts; Traditional and Modern Forest Management; Range Resource; Taylor Grazing Act; Post-FLPMA Public Rangeland Management; The Wildlife Resource; Wildlife and the Constitution; Endangered Species Protection; The National Wildlife Refuge System; Recreation Resource; Acquisition; The National Park System; National Recreation Areas; Off-Road Vehicle Regulation; Preservation Resource; Archaeological and Historic Artifacts; External Threats; River Preservation; Wilderness Preservation.


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