A Primer for Law & Policy Design: Understanding the Use of Principle & Argument in Environmental & Natural Resource Law provides the means by which both students and professionals can fully and systematically understand the inherent policy arguments behind the law and the foundational normative principles that inform those arguments. Examining both economic and ecosystem values, it is meant as a supplementary text for all those applying critical reason to environmental law. This small self-study book enriches one's ability to analyze the law as it is, while providing the tools and skill-set to design alternatives for change.