Environmentalism transformed the content of a dozen unrelated fields of American law
Evidence
Environmental law’s emergence during the past three decades has triggered a broader evolutionary process, as the teachings and values of environmentalism have infused one intersecting category of legal rules after another, transforming the nation’s laws in response to the public’s demand for environmental protection. Areas of the law as diverse as administrative, bankruptcy, civil rights, corporate, criminal, free speech, insurance, property, securities, tax, and tort law each underwent (and is still undergoing) a significant process of transformation in response to the public’s desire to have laws that better reflect the public’s environmental protection goals. — Richard J. Lazarus, The Making of Environmental Law, 28
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: Landmark environmental statutes aspired to constitutional-level transformation, not ordinary lawmaking — Douglas A. Kysar, Regulating from Nowhere: Environmental…, 640; Growing awareness of irreversible environmental harms transformed law’s treatment of time — Richard J. Lazarus, The Making of Environmental Law, 301; Environmental degradation makes law necessary for the preservation of freedom — Lawrence M. Friedman and Grant M. Hayden, American Law: An Introduction, 1524 (+4 more)
Broader Connections
- Growing awareness of irreversible environmental harms transformed law’s treatment of time
#exemplifies(0.82) — Richard J. Lazarus, The Making of Environmental Law, 301 - Environmental law’s structure conflicts with criminal law’s core assumptions
#exemplifies(0.80) — Richard J. Lazarus, The Making of Environmental Law, 862 - Environmental degradation makes law necessary for the preservation of freedom
#expands(0.75) — Lawrence M. Friedman and Grant M. Hayden, American Law, 1524 - Environmental statutes are radical redistributive acts passed through deliberately conservative institutions
#qualifies(0.70) — Richard J. Lazarus, The Making of Environmental Law, 18