FROM CORPORATISM TO CITIZEN OVERSIGHT: The Legal Fight over California Redwoods, 1969-1999.

The article discusses the history of citizens' legal campaigns against the forestry regulations of California and the postwar environmental politics in the state. Topics discussed include Maxxam Group Holding Inc. chief executive officer (CEO) Charles Hurwitz's legal dispute against local activists over the fate of the Headwater Forest, policy under corporatist governance and significance of the California forestry on environmental law developments in the postwar U.S.