RT Journal Article SR Electronic T1 A Framework for How Laws and Legal Policies Shape Landscapes JF Landscape Journal FD University of Wisconsin Press SP 154 OP 162 DO 10.3368/lj.15.2.154 VO 15 IS 2 A1 Kwasniak, Arlene J. YR 1996 UL http://lj.uwpress.org/content/15/2/154.abstract AB Over the last century and a half public land use and resource laws and policies have had impacts, ranging from subtle to stark, in shaping and affecting North American non-urban landscapes. The article provides a framework to appreciate legal aspects of these impacts. The article demonstrates micro and macro, intended and non-intended effects of public land use and resource laws, focusing on laws relating to the North American survey system and public rangeland laws and policies. It suggests ways to use the framework it introduces to recognize and evaluate laws and policies' landscape effects.