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: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0295992301
• ISBN13: 9780295992303
• Release Date: November 2012
• Publisher: University of Washington Press
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.6" x 8.8"