Note.The Hatfield Riders: Eliminating the Role of the Courts in Environmental Decision Making Auteur Bolduan L.M. Périodique/Collection Environmental Law | Vol. 20, no 2; 329 - 385; 57 p. Date 1990 Source IUCN (ID: ANA-044363) Éditeur | Lieu de publication Northwestern School of Law of Lewis and Clark College | Portland, OR, USA Langue Anglais Pays/Territoire États-Unis d'Amérique Sujet Forêts Mot clé Gestion forestière/conservation des forêts Procédures judiciaires/procédures administratives Politique/planification Résumé This comment examines the effect of appropriation 'rider' provisions on forest management decisions, arguing that by precluding independent judicial review, the riders compromise noneconomic forest resource uses because agencies can violate statutory requirements with impunity. The author concludes that the very nature of the environmental problems mandates a role for the courts in the environmental decision making process