Regulating from Nowhere: Environmental Law and the Search for Objectivity
Drawing insight from a diverse array of sources, including moral philosophy, political theory, cognitive psychology, ecology, and science and technology studies, CPR Member Scholar Douglas Kysar offers a new theoretical basis for understanding environmental law and policy. In his book, Regulating from Nowhere: Environmental Law and the Search for Objectivity, he exposes a critical flaw in the dominant policy paradigm of risk assessment and cost-benefit analysis, which asks policymakers to, in essence, “regulate from nowhere.”