Ipse Dixit: How the World Looks to a Federal Judge

by William L. Dwyer

Book Overview

During William L. Dwyer's fifteen-year tenure as a U.S. District Court judge, he presided over many complex and groundbreaking cases. In one of his most controversial rulings, he engaged environmentalists and the timber industry in a heavily publicized and emotionally fraught battle over the territory of the northern spotted owl, ultimately approving the bird for "threatened species" status and forcing the Forest Service to substantially reduce...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0295987049
• ISBN13: 9780295987040
• Release Date: May 2007
• Publisher: University of Washington Press
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.4" x 9.5"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher