Fear and Loathing in the San Juan Islands: Endangered Orcas and the Legitimacy of Environmental Law:

摘要: Although a healthy environment is generally recognized as an important public good, environmental regulation often meets significant opposition. The legitimacy of law thus very much uncertain political project, evident in many struggles over protection. I use and extend literatures on legal consciousness, geographies, to analyze controversy that emerged efforts regulate vessels the presence endangered orca whales Pacific Northwest. suggest component opposition these regulations stemmed from widespread distrust fear federal government. This were sharply accentuated by fact be imposed space sea, area commonly viewed best left unregulated or deeply unregulatable. Given arguable need for robust state action protect environment, sea well land, ambient fears are sign...