ENVIRONMENTAL LAW HANDBOOK

1 (p1): Chapter 1 FUNDAMENTALS OF ENVIRONMENTAL LAW
1 (p1-1): Introduction
1 (p1-2): Lawyers and Laymen
2 (p1-3): What Is Environmental Law？
2 (p1-4): Environmental Law and the Courts
3 (p1-4-1): States and United States Court Systems
3 (p1-4-2): Cases Which the United States Courts Can Decide
5 (p1-4-3): United States Court System
6 (p1-4-4): Courts in Practical Perspective
6 (p1-5): Common Law
8 (p1-6): Case Law
8 (p1-6-1): Obiter Dicta
8 (p1-7): Torts
9 (p1-7-1): Nuisance
9 (p1-7-1-1): Private or Public Nuisances
11 (p1-7-1-2): Noise Nuisance
12 (p1-7-1-3): Other Nuisances
14 (p1-7-1-4): Some Defenses to Nuisance Actions
15 (p1-7-1-5): Coming to a Nuisance
16 (p1-7-2): Trespass
18 (p1-7-3): Negligence
19 (p1-7-3-1): Res Ipsa Loquitur
20 (p1-7-3-2): Violation of a Statute or Ordinance
21 (p1-7-3-3): Dangerous Substances - Strict Liability
22 (p1-7-3-4): Defenses to an Action for Negligence
22 (p1-7-3-4-1): Contributory Negligence
22 (p1-7-3-4-2): Assumption of Risk
22 (p1-7-3-4-3): Proving Negligence
23 (p1-7-3-5): Sovereign Immunity and Torts
24 (p1-8): Constitutional Law
24 (p1-8-1): Constitution and Government Authority
24 (p1-8-2): Limits on Governmental Action
24 (p1-8-2-1): Search Warrants and the Fourth Amendment
27 (p1-8-2-2): Prohibition Against Self-Incrimination:The Fifth Amendment
27 (p1-8-2-3): Due Process， the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments
28 (p1-8-2-4): Police Power and Due Process
29 (p1-8-2-5): Prohibition Against Taking Property Without Compensation
31 (p1-8-2-6): Commerce Clause Limitations
32 (p1-8-2-7): Equal Protection of the Laws
33 (p1-8-3): Constitutional Protection of the Environment
35 (p1-9): Defenses
35 (p1-9-1): Generally
36 (p1-9-2): Laches
37 (p1-9-3): Contractual Authorization
37 (p1-9-4): Public Authorization
37 (p1-9-5): Vagueness
38 (p1-9-6): Unreasonableness and Impossibility of Performance
40 (p1-10): Parties
40 (p1-10-1): Standing， or Who May Sue
41 (p1-10-2): Class Actions
42 (p1-11): Evidence
42 (p1-11-1): Burden of…