![]() ![]() This Article, like the larger project, seeks to elucidate not only various litigators’ and judges’ rhetorical strategies but also the purposes, content and significance of environmental law.įor more than 100 years, the US government has conducted lethal control of native wildlife, to benefit livestock producers and to enhance game populations, especially in the western states. The approach developed here launches a larger project exploring the dynamic relationship between environmental law, literature and narrative. The Progressive Management Machine promises reconciliation of competing environmental narratives through administrative process and science-driven decision making, but, in so doing, masks its own contravention of those same narratives. A close reading of the pleadings, legal briefs and judicial opinions in these case studies demonstrates that courts respond to and reinforce traditional environmental stories, such as wilderness tales and the environmental apocalyptic, but evince a strong preference for a less well-known story, which I call the Progressive Management Machine. To illustrate this process, the Article examines two important and highly visible case studies: the reintroduction of gray wolves into the Northern Rocky Mountains and the public nuisance climate change lawsuit that culminated in the Supreme Court’s decision in Connecticut v. These competing narratives, communicated through a known set of environmental stories and tropes, are used by attorneys to establish, frame, narrate and argue their cases, and they are absorbed, reimagined, reframed and retold by judges in their written opinions, making environmental law a kind of expressive, literary event. I argue that competing narratives of nature and culture common to the American environmental imagination play a more significant role in environmental law and litigation than previously acknowledged. Please download the Gray Wolf Express form from your Ozone account and submit to the Oserve Office.What, is truly “environmental” about environmental law? This Article is the first attempt to answer this question by integrating Law & Literature scholarship with the study of environmental law. Follow the steps provided by Lourdes University to complete your enrollment process in the program.Complete the Owens application for admissions and indicate your interest in transferring to Lourdes University.Previous Lourdes students or current Lourdes students taking a few classes at Owens as a visiting student are not eligible for this program. Students who plan to complete their bachelor’s degree at Lourdes University are encouraged to participate in the program. ![]() Take advantage of expanded general education offerings with flexible Owens day and nighttime classes.Save money on tuition and fees by starting your academic career with Owens.Both schools will work along side you, every step of the way, ensuring your Owens courses apply towards your bachelor’s degree. Easy transition to Lourdes – transcripts will be accessible by both institutions.Once your first semester is completed, you will be reviewed for admission at Lourdes. Once enrolled in the program, attend Owens to earn your associate degree. The Gray Wolf Express Dual Admission Program, in partnership with Owens Community College, provides every student the opportunity to complete a baccalaureate degree. ![]() Lourdes University prepares graduates to pursue career success in their chosen profession. Be accepted at Lourdes through the Gray Wolf Express Dual Admission Program. ![]()
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