Title

Liberal Construction of CERCLA under the Remedial Purpose Canon: Have the Lower Courts Taken a Good Thing Too Far?

Author(s)

Blake Watson, University of DaytonFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1996

Publication Source

Harvard Environmental Law Review

Abstract

This article examines the use of the remedial purpose canon of statutory construction in connection with the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA), otherwise known as the Superfund Act. The article also assesses scholarly criticisms of the remedial purpose canon.

Inclusive pages

199-328

ISBN/ISSN

0147-8257

Document Version

Published Version

Comments

This document is made available for download in accordance with the publisher's policy for self-archiving.

Permission documentation is on file.

Copyright

Copyright © 1996, Harvard Environmental Law Review

Publisher

Harvard Law School

Volume

20

Issue

1

Place of Publication

Cambridge, MA

eCommons Citation

Watson, Blake, "Liberal Construction of CERCLA under the Remedial Purpose Canon: Have the Lower Courts Taken a Good Thing Too Far?" (1996). School of Law Faculty Publications. 77.
https://ecommons.udayton.edu/law_fac_pub/77