Title: Checks and balances
First published: 1981
Description: Illustrates the complex workings of the system of checks and balances by examining the building of the Alaska pipeline which involved the federal government, a state government, and the actions of private citizens.
Subjects: Politics and government, Law and legislation, Pipelines, Alyeska Pipeline Service Company, Petroleum pipelines, Separation of powers, Wilderness Society (U.S.), Juvenile literature
Places: Alaska, Trans-Alaska Pipeline (Alaska), United States
LC classification: KFA1503.5.Z9 L53