The Evolving Use and the Changing Role of Interstate Compacts


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The Evolving Use and the Changing Role of Interstate Compacts is a long-needed guide to the law and use of interstate compacts. This book explains the historical basis of compacts and the legal underpinnings of compacts. It covers such diverse topics as federal and state court jurisdiction, compact-created administrative agencies, Eleventh Amendment immunity, drafting considerations, and the use of compacts in specific areas such as crime control, child welfare, environmental regulation and economic development. The book also examines why interstate compacts are providing to be the vehicle of choice for cooperation between states and provides practitioners with the tools they need to understand create and make the best use of such agreements.




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Endangered Species Act Amendments


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Excerpt from Endangered Species Act Amendments: Hearing Before the Committee on Resources, House of Representatives, One Hundred Fourth Congress, First Session on H. R. 2275, a Bill to Reauthorize and Amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973; September 20, 1995, Washington, DC The committee met, pursuant to call, at e.m., in room 1324, Longworth House Office Building, Hon. Richard W. Pombo, presiding. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.




Endangered Species Act Amendments


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