Books received.

SEARCHING FOR YELLOWSTONE: ECOLOGY AND WONDER IN THE LAST WILDERNESS

Paul Schullery. 225 North Roberts, P.O. Box 201201, Helena, Montana 59620-1201: Montana Historical Society Press, April 2004. [phone]. www.montanahistoricalsociety.org. ISBN 0-9721522-1-0. 360 pp. $19.95 Softbound.

Searching for Yellowstone traces Yellowstone National Park's social and ecological history from the Pleistocene to the present in a work originally published in 1996. The Montana Historical Society Press's new edition contains a preface updating readers on recent developments in Yellowstone. Covering a range of topics--from grizzly bears to geysers, from microbiology to bison--Schullery ties these together in a comprehensive understanding of the ecology, conservation, and economic significance of the park. Searching for Yellowstone contains over thirty illustrations and photographs depicting the elegance, mystery, and beauty of Yellowstone Park.

Paul Schullery is a former Yellowstone Park employee and former director of the American Museum of Fly Fishing.

FORESTS IN TIME: THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSEQUENCES OF 1,000 YEARS OF CHANGE IN NEW ENGLAND

Edited by David R. Foster and John D. Aber. P.O. Box 209040, New Haven, Connecticut 06520-9040: Yale University Press, March 2004. [phone]. www.yalebooks.com. ISBN 0-300-09235-0. 496 pp. $45.00 Clothbound.

Leading biological, physical, and social scientists contributed to Forests in Time--a book demonstrating that an understanding of landscape history is essential for the study of ecology and environmental management. The research that forms the basis of the book was conducted in central Massachusetts at Harvard Forest--one of 25 national centers for ecological research funded by the National Science Foundation.

Although New England is one of the most heavily forested regions of the United States today, this was not always the case. The authors examine how 1,000 years of both natural and man-made influences have affected the ecosystem. They analyze the legacy of land use embedded in the stone walls, empty cellar holes, wood paths, and abandoned railroad beds throughout the region; they draw upon clues in the soils, streams, ponds, and forests to discover previous land use practices through time and show how land use has affected vegetation, wildlife, and ecosystem structures.

David R. Foster is a professor of biology at Harvard University and director of the Harvard Forest and its Long-Term Ecological Research program.

John D. Aver is a professor in the Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans and Space, as well as in the Department of Natural Resources at the University of New Hampshire. Aver also serves as a principal investigator for the Harvard Forest and Hubbard Brook Long-Term Ecosystem.

AN INTERNATIONAL REGIME FOR MARITIME SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH

Montserrat Gorina-Ysern. 410 Saw Mill River Road, Ardsley, New York 10502-2615: Transnational Publishers, Inc., 2004. [phone]. www.transnationalpubs.com. ISBN 1-57105-213-5. 650 pp. $165.00 Hardcover.

An International Regime for Maritime Scientific Research provides a comprehensive and multi-disciplinary study of lingering North-South disagreements on the scope of regulations, and how unprecedented marine science, methodology, and technological developments exacerbate those disagreements. The book explores means to encourage greater cooperation and negotiation in marine scientific research.

In investigating marine biomedical research and bio-prospecting, the book underscores the convergence of domestic laws in different continents, the Law of the Sea Convention, the Convention on Biological Diversity, and TRIPS under the WTO regime. It shows how bio-genetic and biological research can lead to the development of a multi-billion dollar industry in pharmacological drugs and assesses economic rights that accrue in developing nations in whose jurisdictional waters bio-prospecting occurs.

Dr. Montserrat Gorina-Ysern is an independent international law and ocean policy consultant with extensive publications in the field. She has been a legal analyst, researcher, and academic in Europe, Australia, Central America, and the United States. Dr. Gorina-Ysern is affiliated with the School of International Service at American University.

THE PHILOSOPHICAL FOUNDATIONS OF ENVIRONMENTAL LAW: PROPERTY, RIGHTS AND NATURE

Sean Coyle and Karen Morrow. c/o International Specialized Book Services, 5804 NE Hassalo Street, Portland, Oregon 97213-3644: Hart Publishing, 2004. [phone] (U.K.), [phone] (U.S.). [e-mail], www.hartpub.co.uk. ISBN 1-84113-3604. 228 pp., $36.00 Paperback.

Legal regulation of the environment is often construed as a collection of legislated responses to the problems of modern living. Treated as such, "environmental law" refers not to a body of distinctive juristic ideas but to a body of black-letter rules out of which a distinct jurisprudence might grow. The Philosophical Foundations of Environmental Law challenges the accepted view by arguing that environmental law must be seen not as a mere instrument of social policy, but as a historical product of surprising antiquity and considerable sophistication.

The book argues that environmental law is underpinned by a series of tenets concerning the relationship of human beings to the natural world, through the acquisition and use of property. By tracing these ideas to their roots in the political philosophy of the seventeenth century and their reception into the early law of nuisance, this book seeks to overturn the perception that environmental law's philosophical significance is confined to questions about the extent to which a state should pursue collective well-being and public health through deliberate manipulation and restriction of private property rights. Through a close re-examination of both early and modern statutes and cases, The Philosophical Foundations of Environmental Law concludes that, far from being intelligible in exclusively instrumental terms, environmental law must be understood as the product of sustained reflection upon fundamental moral questions concerning the relationship between property, rights, and nature.

Scan Coyle recently joined the Faculty of Law at University College London, where he is a lecturer.

Karen Morrow is a Senior Lecturer in Law at Leeds University.

FEDERALISM AND ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY: TRUST AND THE POLITICS OF IMPLEMENTATION, SECOND EDITION

Denise Scheberle. 3240 Prospect Street NW, Washington, DC 20007: Georgetown University Press, April 2004. [phone]. www.press.georgetown.edu. ISBN 1-58901-100-7. 219 pp. $22.95/16.50 [pounds sterling] Paperback.

Giving particular attention to intergovemmental working relationships, Denise Scheberle's revised edition of Federalism and Environmental Policy reflects the changes that have taken place since publication of the book's first edition. Scheberle examines reasons why environmental laws seldom work out exactly as planned. Her study suggests that implementation of environmental policy is a story of high stakes politics--a story rich with contextual factors and as fascinating as the time the policy was formulated.

As four very different environmental programs unfold--asbestos (updated to include the fallout from the World Trade Center collapse), drinking water, radon, and surface coal mining--Scheberle demonstrates how programs evolve differently, with individual political, economic, logistical, and technical constraints. The policy implementation framework developed for the book provides a lens through which to compare environmental laws.

Federalism and Environmental Policy goes beyond the contents of policy to explore the complex web of federal-state working relationships and their effect on the implementation of policy. By examining working relationships within the context of program implementation and across four different environmental programs, Scheberle offers a unique perspective on why environmental laws sometimes go awry.

Denise Scheberle is a professor of political science in the Department of Public and Environmental Affairs, University of Wisconsin-Green Bay.

AMERICAN INDIAN LAW DESKBOOK, THIRD EDITION.

Conference of Western Attorneys General. 5589 Arapahoe Avenue, Suite 206C, Boulder, Colorado 80303: University Press of Colorado, 2004. [phone]. www.upcolorado.com. ISBN 0-87081-756-6. 634 pp. $85.00 Clothbound.

In this collaborative effort from Attorney General Offices throughout the country--faced daily with legal questions involving state and tribal relations--The American Indian Law Deskbook is an up-to-date, comprehensive treatise on Indian law. The Deskbook provides readers with the necessary historical and legal framework to understand the complexities faced by states, Indian tribes, and the federal government in Indian country. It includes discussions of the following issues: the evolution of federal statutory Indian law and the judicial foundations of federal Indian policy; an extensive compilation and analysis of federal and state court decisions; reservation and Indian lands ownership and property interests; the parameters of criminal jurisdiction in Indian country; concepts of tribal sovereignty and jurisdiction relating to a number of specific areas including tribal courts, hunting and fishing, environmental regulation, water rights, gaming, and child welfare; and cooperative approaches used by the states and tribes for resolving jurisdiction disputes and promoting better relations.

The revised edition of The American Indian Law Deskbook includes information from court decisions, federal statutes, and administrative regulations through June 2003 as well as law review articles through Spring 2003.