| Author | Title | Citation | Summary | Year |
| Nathalie Prescott |
PRISONER (IN)CONSIDERATION IN ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE ANALYSES |
5/31/2016 Georgetown Environmental Law Review Online 1 (May 31, 2016) |
In October 2015, health officials in Flint, Michigan issued a public health declaration urging residents not to drink the city's tap water after tests showed high lead levels in children's blood. The city had switched tap water sources in April 2014 from Lake Huron by way of Detroit to the Flint River to save money. For more than a year, residents... |
2016 |
| Christopher D. Ahlers |
RACE, ETHNICITY, AND AIR POLLUTION: NEW DIRECTIONS IN ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE |
46 Environmental Law 713 (Fall, 2016) |
Environmental justice recognizes that low-income, minority communities are disproportionately affected by air pollution, and that this problem should be addressed through environmental law and policy. While it is easy to identify general relationships between poverty, demographic patterns, and air pollution, it is far more difficult to demonstrate... |
2016 |
| Trayce A. Hockstad |
RATS AND TREES NEED LAWYERS TOO: COMMUNITY RESPONSIBILITY IN DEODAND PRACTICE AND MODERN ENVIRONMENTALISM |
18 Vermont Journal of Environmental Law 105 (Fall, 2016) |
Introduction. 106 I. A Historic Look at Legal Representation for Non-Human Objects: Community Responsibility. 108 A. Deodand Practice. 108 B. Implications of Deodand. 111 C. What Happened to Deodand?. 114 II. Modern Laws of Nature: Environmental Standing in the United States. 116 A. Ideological Shifts. 116 B. Where Do We Stand?. 118 III. The Danger... |
2016 |
| Blake Hudson |
RELATIVE ADMINISTRABILITY, CONSERVATIVES, AND ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATORY REFORM |
68 Florida Law Review 1661 (November, 2016) |
Both critics and supporters of federal environmental law have called for its reform. Conservative scholars and policy makers in particular have called for reform due to the size, scope, and cost of the federal environmental bureaucracy. To date, however, conservatives have implemented few successful alternative environmental protection policies... |
2016 |
| Rachael E. Salcido |
REVIVING THE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AGENDA |
91 Chicago-Kent Law Review 115 (2016) |
I. Introduction. 115 II. Environmental Justice in the U.S.. 118 III. Obama Administration EJ Actions. 122 A. Structural Actions. 122 1. EJ Plan 2014 and EJ Plan 2020. 122 2. Interagency Working Group. 126 3. Data Collection. 127 B. Grant Programming. 128 C. Regulatory and Enforcement Actions. 129 IV. E.O. Limits and Tensions of Environmental Law... |
2016 |
| J. Michael Angstadt |
SECURING ACCESS TO JUSTICE THROUGH ENVIRONMENTAL COURTS AND TribUNALS: A CASE IN DIVERSITY |
17 Vermont Journal of Environmental Law 345 (Spring, 2016) |
Introduction. 346 I. Access to Justice and Pressing Societal Issues. 347 A. Indigenous Rights. 349 B. Environmental Justice. 349 II. Specialized Courts: An Institutional Mechanism for Enhancing Access to Justice?. 350 III. Method and Cases. 352 A. India. 352 B. New Zealand. 355 IV. Analysis. 357 A. Standing. 358 1. India National Green Tribunal.... |
2016 |
| David Takacs |
SOUTH AFRICA AND THE HUMAN RIGHT TO WATER: EQUITY, ECOLOGY, AND THE PUBLIC TRUST DOCTRINE |
34 Berkeley Journal of International Law 55 (Fall, 2016) |
After liberation from apartheid in 1996, South Africa's new, progressive Constitution proclaimed: Everyone has the right to have access to sufficient food and water. In this paper, I analyze South Africa's revolutionary legal vision for marrying social equity to ecology in fulfilling the right to water. South Africa's successes and obstacles as a... |
2016 |
| Matthew T. King |
SOVEREIGNTY'S GRAY AREA: THE DELIMITATION OF AIR AND SPACE IN THE CONTEXT OF AEROSPACE VEHICLES AND THE USE OF FORCE |
81 Journal of Air Law and Commerce 377 (Summer, 2016) |
Debate over the delimitation of airspace and outer space has persisted since the dawn of the space age, without resolution. With the development of hybrid aerospace vehicles that can operate in and transition between the two zones, the line between their disparate legal regimes will be tested. And this test may not come with an after-the-fact... |
2016 |
| William H. Holley |
STARTING FROM SCRATCH: REASSERTING "Indian COUNTRY" IN ALASKA BY PLACING ALASKA NATIVE LAND INTO TRUST |
11 Florida A & M University Law Review 333 (Spring, 2016) |
301 Introduction. 303 I. The Present Scheme of Native Land Ownership in Alaska. 305 A. The Legal Trajectory of Native Land Ownership in Alaska. 306 1. The Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act. 307 2. The Venetie Indian Country Decision. 309 B. The Practical Impact of ANCSA. 311 1. Poverty in Rural Alaska. 311 2. Policing Rural Alaska. 313... |
2016 |
| Darryll M. Halcomb Lewis |
THE CREATION OF A HOSTILE WORK ENVIRONMENT BY A WORKPLACE SUPERVISOR'S SINGLE USE OF THE EPITHET "NIGGER" |
53 American Business Law Journal 383 (Summer, 2016) |
Far more than a mere offensive utterance, the word nigger is pure anathema to African-Americans. Perhaps no single act can more quickly alter the conditions of employment and create an abusive working environment than the use of an unambiguously racial epithet such as nigger by a supervisor in the presence of his subordinates. This article... |
2016 |
| James S. Burns |
THE CROWN LANDS TRUST: WHO WERE, WHO ARE, THE BENEFICIARIES? |
38 University of Hawaii Law Review 213 (Winter, 2016) |
In his 2008 book Who Owns the Crown Lands of Hawai'i?, Professor Jon M. Van Dyke asked: What was the trust status of the Crown Lands before the [1893] overthrow? Assuming Professor Van Dyke intended to use the word Monarchs rather than Monarchy, this paper agrees with Professor Van Dyke's answer that a law enacted in 1865 took away the... |
2016 |
| Geneva E.B. Thompson |
THE DOUBLE-EDGED SWORD OF SOVEREIGNTY BY THE BARREL: HOW NATIVE NationS CAN WIELD ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE IN THE FIGHT AGAINST THE HARMS OF FRACKING |
63 UCLA Law Review 1818 (August, 2016) |
Natural resource extraction has become an appealing form of economic growth for many Native nations. Nations have experienced booming economic growth and prosperity from oil and gas development, but this has come at the expense of environmental and social harms to their communities. These environmental and social harms develop because the oil and... |
2016 |
| Carmen G. Gonzalez |
THE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE IMPLICATIONS OF BIOFUELS |
20 UCLA Journal of International Law and Foreign Affairs 229 (Spring, 2016) |
Analyses of the viability of biofuels as alternatives to fossil fuels have often adopted a technocratic approach that focuses on environmental consequences, but places less emphasis on the impact that biofuels may have on vulnerable populations. This Article fills the gap in the existing literature by evaluating biofuels through the lens of... |
2016 |
| Samit D'Cunha |
THE FIRST PLAGUE: THE DENIAL OF WATER AS A FORCIBLE TRANSFER UNDER INTERNationAL HUMANITARIAN LAW |
24 Michigan State International Law Review 279 (2016) |
Introduction. 279 I. Determination of the Applicable Law in the West Bank. 282 II. The Scope of Deportation & Forcible Transfers Under Article 49 of the Fourth Geneva Convention. 287 III. Water Regulation in the West Bank. 292 A. Appropriation of Water Resources in the Aftermath of the Six Day War. 293 B. Water Regulation Under the Oslo Accords and... |
2016 |
| Liz Darling Edmondson |
THE INCORPORATION OF HEALTH IMPACT ANALYSIS INTO LAND USE REGULATION: USING HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENTS TO PROMOTE SUSTAINABLE, HEALTHY COMMUNITIES |
8 Kentucky Journal of Equine, Agriculture, and Natural Resources Law 43 (2015-2016) |
A variety of health conditions are increasingly being connected to land use decision-making. Land use decisions, or policies that encourage suburban sprawl, can contribute to various adverse health impacts derived from neighborhoods that are not conducive to physical activity and increased traffic congestion that contributes to air pollution. Other... |
2016 |
| Nicole Zub |
THE NATURE OF EQUALITY: PROMOTING ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE IN KENTUCKY VIA THE FAIR HOUSING ACT |
8 Kentucky Journal of Equine, Agriculture, and Natural Resources Law 591 (2015-2016) |
Across the United States, certain communities are subjected to more environmental hazards and pollution than others. A visit to any of the major cities will illuminate the disparities in living and working conditions for particular neighborhoods and populations. Despite that state environmental agencies are subject to Title VI of the Civil Rights... |
2016 |
| Michael Hozik |
THE OLYMPIC GAMES: A GLOBAL STAGE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVISM AND PROGRESS |
8/22/2016 Georgetown Environmental Law Review Online 1 (August 22, 2016) |
The 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway were the first Olympic Games to explicitly include environmental considerations while preparing for and hosting of the Olympic Games. Since then, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has updated its charter to encourage and support a responsible concern for environmental issues, to promote... |
2016 |
| Lécia Vicente |
THE TALE OF THE SILVER FOX: THE CO-EVOLUTION OF PROPERTY RIGHTS AND CONTRACTUAL ARRANGEMENTS IN LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANIES |
26 Southern California Interdisciplinary Law Journal 189 (Fall, 2016) |
[W]hen we compare the dray-horse and race-horse, the dromedary and camel, the various breeds of sheep fitted either for cultivated land or mountain pasture, with the wool of one breed good for one purpose, and that of another breed for another purpose; when we compare the many breeds of dogs, each good for man in different ways; when we compare... |
2016 |
| Gavin Clarkson , Alisha Murphy |
TribAL LEAKAGE: HOW THE CURSE OF TRUST LAND IMPEDES TribAL ECONOMIC SELF-SUSTAINABILITY |
12 Journal of Law, Economics & Policy 177 (Spring 2016) |
Gallup, New Mexico, is a border town just outside the Navajo Nation reservation with an estimated 22,000 residents; however, that number nearly triples on the first of the month. Social Security checks are distributed to elders and veterans on the first of the month, and most tribal members have neither access to a local bank nor sufficient... |
2016 |
| Kayla Kelly-Slatten |
UNCITRAL TRANSPARENCY: AN EXAMINation OF THE 2014 INTERNationAL ARBITRATION TRANSPARENCY RULES AND THEIR EFFECT ON INVESTOR-STATE ENVIRONMENTAL DISPUTES AND ECONOMIC FAIRNESS |
8 Yearbook on Arbitration and Mediation 94 (2016) |
In 2002, Pacific Rim Mining Corporation (now owned by OceanaGold) began exploring gold mining in the Central American country El Salvador. Six years later, due to extreme public outcry regarding the polluted and depleted drinking water, Salvadoran President Elías Antonio Saca banned mineral mining, and denied all permits, including Pacific Rim's.... |
2016 |
| Jason W. Jutz |
UTILITY AIR REGULATORY GROUP v. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY: THE APOTHEOSIS OF IMPLICIT BIAS IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AGAINST ENVIRONMENTAL INTERESTS AND THEIR ADVOCATES |
12 Journal of Animal & Natural Resource Law 53 (May, 2016) |
So confident am I in the intentions, as well as wisdom, of the government, that I shall always be satisfied that what is not done, either cannot, or ought not to be done. While I have a rather great respect for Thomas Jefferson, on this occasion, I do not share his view .. I take particular note of the epic failure by the Supreme Court of the... |
2016 |
| Caspar S. Miller |
A STATE OF INJUSTICE: APPLICATION OF AMERICAN ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE MOVEMENT PRINCIPLES TO SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA |
36 Whittier Law Review 333 (Winter 2015) |
As society progresses in technology and industry, the greater the demand and stress upon the environment to fuel this advancement. Unfortunately, there is an end to every road, a place where waste and byproducts of industry go -- to facilities such as landfills, industrial plants, truck depots, or hazardous waste sites. Unsurprisingly, these sites... |
2015 |
| McCall Baugh |
AN UNFULFILLED PROMISE: HOW NationAL SECURITY DEFERENCE ERODES ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE |
8 Golden Gate University Environmental Law Journal 81 (Spring, 2015) |
Environmental justice proponents seek equal treatment of every community regardless of color or socio-economic status. In particular, advocates highlight the environmental hazards that disproportionately affect low-income and minority communities. Much like other civil rights and environmental causes, environmental justice enjoyed an auspicious,... |
2015 |
| Sarah Schindler |
ARCHITECTURAL EXCLUSION: DISCRIMINation AND SEGREGATION THROUGH PHYSICAL DESIGN OF THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT |
124 Yale Law Journal 1934 (April, 2015) |
The built environment is characterized by man-made physical features that make it difficult for certain individuals-- often poor people and people of color--to access certain places. Bridges were designed to be so low that buses could not pass under them in order to prevent people of color from accessing a public beach. Walls, fences, and highways... |
2015 |
| Ann M. Eisenberg |
BEYOND SCIENCE AND HYSTERIA: REALITY AND PERCEPTIONS OF ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE CONCERNS SURROUNDING MARCELLUS AND UTICA SHALE GAS DEVELOPMENT |
77 University of Pittsburgh Law Review 183 (Winter, 2015) |
The debate surrounding the use of hydraulic fracturing (also known as fracking or HF) to extract natural gas from the Marcellus and Utica Shale deposits is often characterized as a tension between economic development and environmental risks. However, frequently missing from this dichotomy is the fact that the concerns of many who oppose HF use... |
2015 |
| Christopher K. Warren |
BLOWING THE WHISTLE ON ENVIRONMENTAL LAW: HOW CONGRESS CAN HELP THE EPA ENLIST PRIVATE RESOURCES IN THE FIGHT TO SAVE THE PLANET |
42 Boston College Environmental Affairs Law Review 195 (2015) |
Following the 2008 financial crisis, regulators faced the task of returning the country to financial stability and protecting consumers. Given the challenges involved, Congress empowered the SEC and the CFTC, through the Dodd-Frank Act, to encourage whistleblowers to come forward through programs that provide significant financial rewards... |
2015 |
| Gregg P. Macey |
BOUNDARY WORK IN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW |
53 Houston Law Review 103 (Fall, 2015) |
This Article introduces a new approach to environmental law, which I refer to as boundary work. Legal scholars organize environmental law around a series of boundary disputes. These include: federalism, beginning with the matching principle and the appropriate scale of response to pollution; statutory interpretation, including federal power to... |
2015 |
| Mallory Irwinsky |
COALBED METHANE DEVELOPMENT IN WYOMING AND MONTANA: THE POTENTIAL IMPACTS OF MONTANA V. WYOMING, COALBED METHANE DEVELOPMENT, AND WATER QUALITY ON THE TribES OF THE POWDER RIVER AND WIND RIVER BASINS |
39 American Indian Law Review 553 (2014-2015) |
For the past few decades, the production of coalbed methane (CBM) across the United States has grown as the demand for fuel has increased across the nation, coupled with a desire for cleaner-burning energy sources. CBM, a form of natural gas, is not only cheaper to produce than conventional natural gas, but it is touted as a clean energy... |
2015 |
| Jootaek Lee |
CONTEMPORARY LAND GRABBING: RESEARCH SOURCES AND BIBLIOGRAPHY |
107 Law Library Journal 259 (Spring, 2015) |
This article investigates issues related to contemporary land grabbing. First it defines contemporary land grabbing and identifies the difficulties of research. Next, it delineates various mechanisms and international principles that can be useful in protecting those affected by contemporary land grabs. Finally, it selectively reviews current... |
2015 |
| Jessica Embree |
CRIMINALIZING LAND-GRABBING: ARGUING FOR ICC INVOLVEMENT IN THE CAMBODIAN LAND CONCESSION CRISIS |
27 Florida Journal of International Law 399 (December, 2015) |
I. Introduction. 399 II. History of Land-Grabbing. 402 III. Current Legal Framework in Cambodia. 404 A. Land Ownership Rights for Individuals. 404 B. Land Ownership Rights for Indigenous Communities. 405 C. Legal Framework and Procedures for Land Concessions. 406 D. Methods of Redress for Land Right Disputes. 408 IV. The International Criminal... |
2015 |
| Eirik Torsvoll |
DETERRING CONFLICT WITH CHINA: A COMPARISON OF THE AIR-SEA BATTLE CONCEPT, OFFSHORE CONTROL, AND DETERRENCE BY DENIAL |
39-WTR Fletcher Forum of World Affairs 35 (Winter, 2015) |
China has, ever since the 1996 Taiwan Strait Crisis, attempted to develop the means to counter America's power projection abilities in the Asia-Pacific. During the Crisis, President Clinton deployed two U.S. aircraft carrier battle groups to the region in order to coerce China to end its hostilities toward Taiwan. The event greatly accelerated... |
2015 |
| Cara McClellan |
DISCRIMINation AS DISRUPTION: ADDRESSING HOSTILE ENVIRONMENTS WITHOUT VIOLatinG THE CONSTITUTION |
34 Yale Law and Policy Review Inter Alia 1 (Fall, 2015) |
In early March 2015, a video surfaced showing members of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon (SAE) fraternity at the University of Oklahoma chanting: There will never be a nigger at SAE . you can hang him from a tree, but he'll never sign with me. Following the wide circulation of this video, the university's president expelled two students leading the... |
2015 |
| Gabriel Eckstein |
DRUGS ON TAP: MANAGING PHARMACEUTICALS IN OUR Nation'S WATERS |
23 New York University Environmental Law Journal 37 (2015) |
Pharmaceuticals in the environment and public water supplies are believed to have serious impacts on human and environmental health. Current research suggests that exposure to certain drugs and their residues may result in a variety of adverse human health effects. Other studies more conclusively show that even minute concentrations of... |
2015 |
| Hajin Kim |
ECO-LABELS AND COMPETITION: ECO-CERTIFICATION EFFECTS ON THE MARKET FOR ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY PROVISION |
22 New York University Environmental Law Journal 181 (2015) |
Introduction. 181 I. Assumptions and Legal Context. 184 A. Factual Assumptions. 184 B. Legal Context. 186 II. The Justification For Eco-Certification. 190 A. The Facts. 190 B. Legal Analysis. 194 III. The Likely Anti-Competitive Effect of Producer-Led Eco-Label Entry. 199 A. The Facts. 199 B. Legal Analysis. 208 IV. The Scale Versus Exclusivity... |
2015 |
| Anu Paulose |
ECONOMIC HAZARDS OF ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE FOR LOWER-INCOME HOUSING TENANTS |
39 William and Mary Environmental Law and Policy Review 507 (Winter, 2015) |
Proponents of environmental justice have long been aware that minorities and low-income individuals often bear a disproportionate share of environmental costs. This situation is highlighted by the affordable housing crisis in the United States. Providing affordable housing that is environmentally sound requires balancing a number of interests:... |
2015 |
| Alexandra Dapolito Dunn , Chandos Culleen |
ENGINES OF ENVIRONMENTAL INNOVATION: REFLECTIONS ON THE ROLE OF STATES IN THE U.S. REGULATORY SYSTEM |
32 Pace Environmental Law Review 435 (Spring, 2015) |
Ralph Waldo Emerson said, [d]o not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail. This reflection from an American poet with a passion for the environment seems to set the stage well for an article reflecting on the role of state environmental regulatory, programmatic, and management innovation. States are often... |
2015 |
| Linda A. Malone |
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE REIMAGINED THROUGH HUMAN SECURITY AND POST-MODERN ECOLOGICAL FEMINISM: A NEGLECTED PERSPECTIVE ON CLIMATE CHANGE |
38 Fordham International Law Journal 1445 (August, 2015) |
INTRODUCTION. 1445 I.THE OVERLOOKED VALUE OF ECOLOGICAL FEMINISM AS A LEGAL PERSPECTIVE. 1450 II.RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN GENDER AND CLIMATE CHANGE. 1455 III.REDEFINING THE STATE AND NATIONAL SECURITY. 1459 IV.AN ECOFEMINIST CASE STUDY OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL DILEMMAS OF THE MARSHALL ISLANDS. 1462 V.A PROPOSAL FOR POST-MODERN FEMINISM. 1466 CONCLUSION.... |
2015 |
| Carmen G. Gonzalez |
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE, HUMAN RIGHTS, AND THE GLOBAL SOUTH |
13 Santa Clara Journal of International Law 151 (2015) |
From the Ogoni people devastated by oil drilling in Nigeria to the Inuit and other indigenous populations threatened by climate change, communities disparately burdened by environmental degradation are increasingly framing their demands for environmental justice in the language of human rights. Domestic and international tribunals have concluded... |
2015 |
| Barry E. Hill |
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE: LEGAL THEORY AND PRACTICE |
45 Environmental Law Reporter News & Analysis 10236 (March, 2015) |
This Article is adapted from Barry E. Hill, Environmental Justice: Legal Theory and Practice (3d ed. 2014), published by ELI Press. This textbook/handbook explores how environmental justice concerns are framed, addressed, and resolved in the United States through acts of civil disobedience; federal, state, and local government initiatives;... |
2015 |
| Paul Sabin |
ENVIRONMENTAL LAW AND THE END OF THE NEW DEAL ORDER |
33 Law and History Review 965 (November, 2015) |
I don't think there was ever a field of law which developed as explosively and dramatically as environmental law, David Sive, a pioneering environmental lawyer, declared in a 1982 interview. It was the great romance. Along with new state and federal regulatory agencies and more than a dozen major environmental statutes passed in the 1970s,... |
2015 |
| Craig Anthony (Tony) Arnold |
ENVIRONMENTAL LAW, EPISODE IV: A NEW HOPE? CAN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW ADAPT FOR RESILIENT COMMUNITIES AND ECOSYSTEMS? |
21 Journal of Environmental and Sustainability Law 1 (Fall, 2015) |
It is a period of uncertainty and change. Climate change is threatening communities and ecosystems. The old regimes are fragmented, divided, only partially effective. They falter in the face of drought, flood, invasive species, polluted runoff, and land-development pressures. The landscapes of forests, farms, and cities are changing, even shifting.... |
2015 |
| Shannon M. Roesler |
FEDERALISM AND LOCAL ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATION |
48 U.C. Davis Law Review 1111 (February, 2015) |
From green building initiatives to local farmers' markets, local governments have become major players in addressing the most pressing environmental and public health concerns. For example, in the absence of national climate change legislation, municipalities are leading the way in transportation and development strategies to mitigate and adapt to... |
2015 |
| Ciprian N. Radavoi |
FENCELINE COMMUNITIES AND ENVIRONMENTALLY DAMAGING PROJECTS: AN ASYMPTOTICALLY EVOLVING RIGHT TO VETO |
29 Tulane Environmental Law Journal 1 (December 1, 2015) |
The issue of unwanted facilities siting was discussed for decades by academics, as far as the local community--government dialogue is concerned, in the so-called NIMBY (Not In My Back Yard) and LULU (Locally Unwanted Land Uses) literature; as for the local community-transnational corporation dialogue, it has been more recently analyzed in the... |
2015 |
| Purba Mukerjee |
FIGHTING FOR AIR IN Indian COUNTRY: CLEAN AIR ACT JURISDICTION IN OFF-RESERVATION TribAL LAND |
45 Environmental Law Reporter News & Analysis 10966 (October, 2015) |
Acting under its Clean Air Act (CAA) authority, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has attempted to regulate air quality on behalf of Native American tribes. However, the D.C. Circuit--in reviewing EPA's tribal CAA rules--significantly cut back on these efforts, resulting in state encroachment on the environmental authority... |
2015 |
| Liza Guerra Garcia |
FREE THE LAND : A CALL FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO ADDRESS CLIMATE-INDUCED FOOD INSECURITY IN ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE COMMUNITIES |
41 William Mitchell Law Review 572 (2015) |
I. Introduction. 573 II. Climate Change. 574 A. The Science of Climate Change. 576 B. Impacts and Projections. 577 C. Minnesota's Changing Climate. 580 III. Overview of Environmental Justice. 582 IV. Environmental Justice and Food Security. 585 A. The Nexus of Environmental Justice, Vulnerability, and Food Insecurity. 585 B. Urban Indigenous... |
2015 |
| Benjamin Mason Meier , Yuna Kim |
HUMAN RIGHTS ACCOUNTABILITY THROUGH TREATY BODIES: EXAMINING HUMAN RIGHTS TREATY MONITORING FOR WATER AND SANITATION |
26 Duke Journal of Comparative & International Law 141 (Fall 2015) |
Framing scholarship on human rights accountability through treaty bodies, this article examines the water and sanitation content of state human rights reporting to the United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. In this novel application of analytic coding methods to state human rights reports, the authors trace the... |
2015 |
| Rebecca Tsosie |
IndigenOUS PEOPLES AND THE ETHICS OF REMEDIATION: REDRESSING THE LEGACY OF RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINation FOR NATIVE PEOPLES AND NATIVE LANDS |
13 Santa Clara Journal of International Law 203 (2015) |
Most readers probably paid little attention to the small entry in a local New Mexico newspaper on December 28, 2013: Uranium project on Navajo Nation gets green light. According to the article, Navajo lawmakers voted to grant a mining company permission to operate a demonstration uranium recovery project on lands within the Church Rock chapter... |
2015 |
| Mohamed F. Sweify |
INVESTMENT-ENVIRONMENT DISPUTES: CHALLENGES AND PROPOSALS |
14 DePaul Business & Commercial Law Journal 133 (Winter 2015) |
How effective is arbitration in resolving investment disputes, and what are the prospects of this method when the dispute involves non-investment issues, such as the environmental issues? These questions are likely to prompt diverse discussions and analysis of overlapping bodies of law. It is apparent that the system of investment arbitration is a... |
2015 |
| Tamara L. Slater |
INVESTOR-STATE ARBITRATION AND DOMESTIC ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION |
14 Washington University Global Studies Law Review 131 (2015) |
Introduction. 131 I. International Agreements and Global Environmental Protection. 134 A. World Trade and International Investment Agreements. 134 B. Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) Provisions. 136 C. International Environmental Protection Measures. 140 II. The Challenge of Implementing International Environmental Policies Through... |
2015 |
| Tanya Kapoor |
IS SUCCESSFUL WATER PRIVATIZATION A PIPE DREAM?: AN ANALYSIS OF THREE GLOBAL CASE STUDIES |
40 Yale Journal of International Law 157 (Winter 2015) |
Introduction. 158 I. Methodology. 161 A. Class Dynamics. 161 B. Business and Deal Structure. 162 C. Political Climate. 163 II. Cochabamba, Bolivia. 163 A. Background. 163 B. The Cochabamba Privatization. 164 C. The Model Applied. 167 III. KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. 171 A. Background. 171 B. The KwaZulu-Natal Privatization. 172 C. The Model... |
2015 |