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Law Practice

Jan. 13, 2011

Christopher H. Calfee

Christopher Calfee describes the California Environmental Quality Act, one of the most notoriously complicated laws in the state's history, like this: "Democracy in its purest form."


Christopher Calfee describes the California Environmental Quality Act, one of the most notoriously complicated laws in the state's history, like this: "Democracy in its purest form."


It's not that the law is so challenging, he said, but that it encourages public participation in the decision-making process. As Calfee explained, "There's a lot to be said for telling people you need to think before you act."


Calfee's su...

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