| Author | Title | Citation | Summary | Year | Key Terms in Title or Summary |
| Jonathan H. Adler |
CONSERVATIVE PRINCIPLES FOR ENVIRONMENTAL REFORM |
23 Duke Environmental Law and Policy Forum 253 (Spring 2013) |
Major environmental policy reform is long overdue. The current regulatory architecture was erected in the 1970s. Since then meaningful reforms have been few and far between. A few reforms and regulatory expansions were adopted in the 1980s, and Congress enacted significant reforms to the Clean Air Act in 1990. Only the most minor environmental... |
2013 |
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| Lee Anne Fennell |
CROWDSOURCING LAND USE |
78 Brooklyn Law Review 385 (Winter, 2013) |
Could the future of public land use control lie, quite literally, in the hands of the public? Local governments have increasingly embraced new technologies like smartphone apps and online interfaces for involving constituents in land use planning and control. The possibility that we could effectively crowdsource land use decisions through novel... |
2013 |
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| Tony Kupersmith |
CUTTING TO THE CHASE: CORPORATE LIABILITY FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HARM UNDER THE ALIEN TORT STATUTE, KIOBEL, AND CONGRESS |
37 William and Mary Environmental Law and Policy Review 885 (Spring, 2013) |
Prospectors first discovered commercial quantities of oil in Nigeria over fifty years ago. Today, the country's oil industry accounts for over 95 percent of export earnings and about 40 percent of government revenues, but the environmental costs have been nearly as staggering as the financial benefits. For instance, a recent study by the United... |
2013 |
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| Hajin Kim |
DO TRADE LIBERALIZATION AND INTERNationAL TRADE LAW CONSTRAIN DOMESTIC ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATION? |
43 Environmental Law Reporter News & Analysis 10823 (September, 2013) |
Environmentalists and free trade proponents sharply disagree on the role that trade plays in impacting environmental welfare. Contrary to environmentalist contentions, trade liberalization can improve environmental regulations, and WTO jurisprudence is more welcoming of domestic environmental regulations than popularly perceived. But, counter to... |
2013 |
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| Eric C. Christiansen |
EMPOWERMENT, FAIRNESS, INTEGRATION: SOUTH AFRICAN ANSWERS TO THE QUESTION OF CONSTITUTIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RIGHTS |
32 Stanford Environmental Law Journal 215 (June, 2013) |
I. Introduction. 216 II. The South African Constitutional Right to a Clean and Sustainable Environment. 218 A. The End of Apartheid and the Rise of Constitutionalism in South Africa. 220 1. The Interim Constitution and Democratic Elections. 221 2. The Final Constitution, the Public Participation Programme, and Certification. 223 B. Environmental... |
2013 |
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| Yasmin Karimian |
ENVIRONMENTAL INJUSTICE: THE BRIGHT-LINE SOLUTION |
5 Georgetown Journal of Law & Modern Critical Race Perspectives 143 (Fall, 2013) |
Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere --Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Environmental issues are at the forefront of the world's attention. From global warming to air quality, conflict arises concerning how to best solve these pressing issues in order to provide generations to come with promising, healthy lives. While these issues are... |
2013 |
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| Matthew A. Susson |
ENVIRONMENTS, EXTERNALITIES AND ETHICS: COMPULSORY MULTINationAL AND TRANSNationAL CORPORATE BONDING TO PROMOTE ACCOUNTABILITY FOR EXTERNALIZATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL HARM |
20 Buffalo Environmental Law Journal 65 (2012-2013) |
Developing nations often look to their bounty of natural resources or willing labor as a means of attracting international investors. While national and local governments frequently perceive the arrival of a multinational corporate presence as a boon to their economy, the potential for government instability, ineffectiveness or corruption may... |
2013 |
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| Sarah Alves , Joan Tilghman |
EPA AUTHORITY TO CONSIDER CUMULATIVE EFFECTS AND CUMULATIVE RISK ASSESSMENTS IN DECISION MAKING UNDER THE CLEAN AIR ACT |
28 Journal of Environmental Law & Litigation 151 (2013) |
Introduction and Purpose. 152 I. How the EPA Uses Risk Assessment. 156 II. Judicial Review of the EPA Interpretation of Clean Air Act Authority. 159 A. The Chevron Framework. 159 B. APA Arbitrary and Capricious Review. 163 III. Specific Opportunities to Consider Cumulative Effects in Three EPA Clean Air Act Programs. 169 A. The Clean Air Act: A... |
2013 |
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| Danielle M. Purifoy |
EPCRA: A RETROSPECTIVE ON THE ENVIRONMENTAL RIGHT-TO-KNOW ACT |
13 Yale Journal of Health Policy, Law & Ethics 375 (Summer 2013) |
October 2011 marked the 25th Anniversary of the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA), which was celebrated for its significant role in protecting human health and the environment over the last quarter century by providing communities and emergency planners with valuable information on toxic chemical releases in their area.... |
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| Donna S. Salcedo |
HAWAIIAN LAND DISPUTES: HOW THE UNCERTAINTY OF THE NATIVE HAWAIIAN IndigenOUS TribAL STATUS EXACERBATES THE NEED FOR MEDIATION |
14 Cardozo Journal of Conflict Resolution 557 (Winter 2013) |
Many people see the Hawaiian Islands as a paradise in the Pacific Ocean. However, most are unaware that history has left an unpleasant and permanent scar on the original inhabitants of the islands, the Native Hawaiians. It is often forgotten that the islands were once ruled by its monarchy. In fact, the Hawaiian Kingdom was not overthrown until... |
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| Inessa Abayev |
HYDRAULIC FRACTURING WASTEWATER: MAKING THE CASE FOR TREATING THE ENVIRONMENTALLY CONDEMNED |
24 Fordham Environmental Law Review 275 (2012-2013) |
The ever-expanding search for domestic energy supplies in the form of natural gas has fueled a stream of concerns about our greatest natural resource: water. That search has led to the proliferation of hydraulic fracturing, or hydrofracking for short, a rapidly growing method of natural gas extraction in many parts of the country that has... |
2013 |
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| Jacinta Ruru |
IndigenOUS RESTITUTION IN SETTLING WATER CLAIMS: THE DEVELOPING CULTURAL AND COMMERCIAL REDRESS OPPORTUNITIES IN AOTEAROA, NEW ZEALAND |
22 Pacific Rim Law & Policy Journal 311 (March, 2013) |
Water is important to all peoples, including indigenous peoples. In recent years, the government in Aotearoa, New Zealand has utilized various cultural redress-type legal mechanisms to recognize and revive the importance of water to the Maori people's identity, health, and wellbeing. These mechanisms create revolutionary modern... |
2013 |
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| Heather A. Culp |
LAND ETHIC UNDER ATTACK: KEYSTONE XL AND THE WAR OVER DOMESTIC S(OIL) |
3 Barry University Environmental and Earth Law Journal 126 (2013) |
The Keystone XL pipeline has caused recent controversy and renewed the debate over the future of fossil fuels in the United States. The project pits largely conservative groups, who argue that the pipeline will create jobs and decrease America's dependence on foreign oil, against environmental advocates, indigenous tribes, and private landowners,... |
2013 |
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| Stephen Clowney |
LANDSCAPE FAIRNESS: REMOVING DISCRIMINation FROM THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT |
2013 Utah Law Review 1 (2013) |
At its core, this Article argues that the everyday landscape is one of the most overlooked instruments of modern race-making. Drawing on evidence from geography and sociology, the Article begins by demonstrating that the built environment inscribes selective and misleading versions of the past in solid, material forms. These narratives--told... |
2013 |
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| Jared Wigginton |
LARGE-SCALE LAND INVESTMENT IN AFRICA: AN ISSUE OF SELF-HELP AND SELF-DETERMINation |
20 U.C. Davis Journal of International Law and Policy 105 (Fall 2013) |
This paper addresses the environmental and human rights implications arising from the global land rush in developing countries in Africa. It acknowledges both the potential benefits and costs of these large-scale land deals, and then analyzes the international community's current response: The Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of... |
2013 |
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| Adam Wallwork |
LEGISLatinG THE FREE EXERCISE CLAUSE: CONGRESSIONAL POWER AND THE RELIGIOUS LAND USE AND INSTITUTIONALIZED PERSONS ACT OF 2000 |
5 Faulkner Law Review 1 (Fall, 2013) |
This Article evaluates Congress' constitutional authority to resurrect the compelling state interest test in the context of local zoning and landmark ordinances that impose a substantial burden on religious exercise. It analyzes the constitutionality of the three land use provisions of the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of... |
2013 |
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| Dave Owen |
MAPPING, MODELING, AND THE FRAGMENTATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL LAW |
2013 Utah Law Review 219 (2013) |
In the past forty years, environmental researchers have achieved major advances in electronic mapping and spatially explicit, computer-based simulation modeling. Those advances have turned quantitative spatial analysis--that is, quantitative analysis of data coded to specific geographic locations--into one of the primary modes of environmental... |
2013 |
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| Rachel D. Guthrie |
MUDDYING THE WATERS: THE DOWNSTREAM IMPLICATIONS OF WAL-MART v. DUKES FOR MEDICAL MONITORING CLASS ACTIONS IN MISSOURI |
7 Pittsburgh Journal of Environmental and Public Health Law 305 (Spring, 2013) |
In 2011, in Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Dukes, the United States Supreme Court heightened scrutiny of class certification under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure (FRCP) 23(a)(2)'s commonality requirement and imposed a strict injunctive standard for relief sought under FRCP Rule 23(b)(2). In 2007, the Missouri Supreme Court followed several other states... |
2013 |
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| David A. Dana |
ONE GREEN AMERICA: CONTINUITIES AND DISCONTINUITIES IN ENVIRONMENTAL FEDERALISM IN THE UNITED STATES |
24 Fordham Environmental Law Review 103 (2012-2013) |
What should the role of the federal government, and federal law, be with respect to the environment? Should environmental law be an essentially federal domain, with the federal government setting the standards or at least minimum standards for environmental quality and natural resource protection? Should there be, in other words, a single Green... |
2013 |
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| Khin Mai Aung |
PITTING OUR YOUTH AGAINST EACH OTHER: MOVING SCHOOL HARASSMENT AND BULLYING POLICY FROM A ZERO TOLERANCE DISCIPLINE TO SAFE SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT FRAMEWORK |
3 UC Irvine Law Review 885 (December, 2013) |
Introduction. 885 I. State of the Law--School Harassment and Bullying Prevention Policies. 890 A. Federal Law. 890 1. Federal Antiharassment Laws. 890 2. Proposed Legislation--Safe School Improvement Act. 892 B. State and Local Laws and Policies on School Bullying and Harassment. 893 1. National Trends Across Jurisdictions. 893 2. Example--New York... |
2013 |
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| Michael P. Vandenbergh |
PRIVATE ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCE |
99 Cornell Law Review 129 (November, 2013) |
Environmental law has quietly transformed from a positive law field deeply rooted in administrative law to one that is also heavily rooted in private law and private governance. After two decades (1970-1990) of remarkable activity, more than two decades have now passed without a major federal environmental statute (1991-2012). Whether the... |
2013 |
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| Wendy Wagner |
RACING TO THE TOP: HOW REGULATION CAN BE USED TO CREATE INCENTIVES FOR INDUSTRY TO IMPROVE ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY |
29 Journal of Land Use & Environmental Law 1 (Fall 2013) |
I. Introduction. 1 II. Toxics Regulation in Context. 4 A. Toxics 101. 4 B. The Lowest Common Denominator Problem. 8 III. A Better Way. 9 A. Specifics. 10 B. Benefits. 13 IV. Existing Hybrid Approaches that Parallel a Best-in-Market Approach to Toxics Product Regulation. 16 A. Reasonable Alternative Design in Products Liability Law. 17 B.... |
2013 |
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| Aparna Polavarapu |
RECONCILING IndigenOUS AND WOMEN'S RIGHTS TO LAND IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA |
42 Georgia Journal of International and Comparative Law 93 (2013) |
I. Introduction 94 II. The Move to Engage with Customary Law 97 III. Legal Frameworks 100 A. International and Regional Indigenous Rights Frameworks 101 B. Formalism in the Women's Rights Legal Frameworks 106 IV. The Gendered Difficulties of Customary and Statutory Law 110 A. Women's Rights Under Pre-Colonial Customary Tenure 111 B. Women and... |
2013 |
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| Robert L. Liberty |
RISING TO THE LAND USE CHALLENGE: HOW PLANNERS AND REGULATORS CAN HELP SUSTAIN OUR CIVILIZATION |
38 Vermont Law Review 251 (Winter 2013) |
You do me a great honor by including me in your roster of speakers in the Norman Williams Jr. Lecture Series. But a greater honor is to be asked to address this audience of public servants, active citizens, faculty members, and law students, who have contributed so much and have so much to offer Vermont and the nation in our challenge to create... |
2013 |
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| Gerald S. Dickinson , Sheila R. Foster |
STASIS AND CHANGE IN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW: THE PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE OF THE FORDHAM ENVIRONMENTAL LAW REVIEW |
24 Fordham Environmental Law Review 1 (2012-2013) |
The Fordham Environmental Law Review was officially recognized as a law journal in 1993, although it debuted in 1989 as the Fordham Environmental Law Report. Professor Joseph Sweeney authored the Foreword to the new law review, remarking that because the field of Environmental Law is still in its initial stages, your [students'] work is performed... |
2013 |
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| Jernej Letnar C̆ernic̆ |
STATE OBLIGATIONS CONCERNING IndigenOUS PEOPLES' RIGHTS TO THEIR ANCESTRAL LANDS: LEX IMPERFECTA? |
28 American University International Law Review 1129 (2013) |
I. INTRODUCTION. 1130 II. DEFINING INDIGENOUS PEOPLES. 1134 III. THE SOURCES OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES' RIGHTS IN NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL LEGAL ORDERS. 1136 A. Indigenous Land Rights in International Human Rights Law. 1136 B. National Legal Orders. 1141 IV. THE NATURE AND SCOPE OF INDIGENOUS RIGHTS TO TRADITIONAL ANCESTRAL LANDS. 1146 A. The... |
2013 |
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| David E. Adelman |
THE COLLECTIVE ORIGINS OF TOXIC AIR POLLUTION: IMPLICATIONS FOR GREENHOUSE GAS TRADING AND TOXIC HOTSPOTS |
88 Indiana Law Journal 273 (Winter, 2013) |
This Article presents the first synthesis of geospatial data on toxic air pollution in the United States. Contrary to conventional views, the data show that vehicles and small stationary sources emit a majority of the air toxics nationally. Industrial sources, by contrast, rarely account for more than ten percent of cumulative cancer risks from all... |
2013 |
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| Hoi L. Kong |
THE DISAGGREGATED STATE IN TRANSNationAL ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATION |
78 Missouri Law Review 443 (Spring, 2013) |
This Article argues against a positivist view of international environmental law that (i) conceives of states as unitary entities that speak with one voice in pursuit of a single national interest, and that focuses on (ii) authoritative sources of law and (iii) the binding force of these sources of law. Further, this Article argues for a view of... |
2013 |
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| Smita Narula |
THE GLOBAL LAND RUSH: MARKETS, RIGHTS, AND THE POLITICS OF FOOD |
49 Stanford Journal of International Law 101 (Winter 2013) |
In the past five years, interest in purchasing and leasing agricultural land in developing countries has skyrocketed. This trend, which was facilitated by the 2008 food crisis, is led by state and private investors, both domestic and foreign. Investors are responding to a variety of global forces: Some are securing their own food supply, while... |
2013 |
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| Lori Beail-Farkas |
THE HUMAN RIGHT TO WATER AND SANITATION: CONTEXT, CONTOURS, AND ENFORCEMENT PROSPECTS |
30 Wisconsin International Law Journal 761 (Winter, 2013) |
The roots of the human right to water and sanitation date back to ancient times when concepts of community governed water use. Since then, the right has evolved alongside cultural and religious traditions, evolving social norms, and the law. The right to water and sanitation has been brought increasingly to the forefront of international human... |
2013 |
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| Emily M. Thor |
THE HUMAN RIGHT TO WATER IN THE UNITED STATES: WHY SO DANGEROUS? |
26 Pacific McGeorge Global Business & Development Law Journal 315 (2013) |
I. Introduction. 315 II. The International Human Right to Water. 317 A. Recognition of this Right by the United Nations. 317 B. The Perspective of the United States. 319 C. Private Sector Involvement. 321 III. The Human Right to Water in the United States. 324 IV. The Human Right to Water in Africa. 329 A. Nigeria. 330 B. South Africa. 333 V. Is... |
2013 |
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| Jessica Owley |
THE INCREASING PRIVATIZATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL PERMITTING |
46 Akron Law Review 1091 (2013) |
I. Introduction. 1091 II. The Rise of Compensatory Mitigation. 1092 A. Background. 1092 B. Examples. 1093 III. Privatization of Mitigation. 1101 A. Background. 1102 B. Examples. 1106 C. Benefits of Private Mitigation Programs. 1116 D. Concerns with Private Mitigation. 1118 IV. Conclusion: Harnessing Strengths while Minimizing Harms. 1127 |
2013 |
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| Rhett B. Larson |
THE NEW RIGHT IN WATER |
70 Washington and Lee Law Review 2181 (Fall, 2013) |
This Article divides all rights into two broad categories-provision rights and participation rights. With a provision right, the government makes substantive guarantees to provide some minimum quantity and quality of a good or service. With a participation right, the government is legally proscribed from interfering with an individual citizen's... |
2013 |
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| Stefaan Smis, Dorothée Cambou, Genny Ngende |
THE QUESTION OF LAND GRAB IN AFRICA AND THE IndigenOUS PEOPLES' RIGHT TO TRADITIONAL LANDS, TERRITORIES AND RESOURCES |
35 Loyola of Los Angeles International and Comparative Law Review 493 (Summer 2013) |
On 13 September 2007, the UN General Assembly adopted the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP). This event was not only a landmark for the indigenous peoples' movement but also constituted an important contribution to the universal human rights system. The declaration has indeed, after two decades of difficult negotiations,... |
2013 |
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| Robert V. Percival , Zhao Huiyu |
THE ROLE OF CIVIL SOCIETY IN ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCE IN THE UNITED STATES AND CHINA |
24 Duke Environmental Law and Policy Forum 141 (Fall, 2013) |
In 1972 leaders of most of the nations of the world gathered in Stockholm for an historic first global summit on the environment, the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment. By a vote of 112-0, representatives of the nations assembled at that conference adopted a declaration emphasizing the importance of protecting the planet's... |
2013 |
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| Thomas W. Merrill, David M. Schizer |
THE SHALE OIL AND GAS REVOLUTION, HYDRAULIC FRACTURING, AND WATER CONTAMINation: A REGULATORY STRATEGY |
98 Minnesota Law Review 145 (November, 2013) |
Introduction. 147 I. Hydraulic Fracturing: A Technological Leap in Drilling for Shale Oil and Gas. 152 II. Economic, National Security, and Environmental Benefits from Fracturing. 157 A. Economic Growth. 157 B. Energy Independence and National Security. 161 C. Environmental Benefits: Air Quality and Climate Change. 164 1. Cleaner Air from Using Gas... |
2013 |
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| Szonja Ludvig |
THE TribES MUST REGULATE: JURISDICTIONAL, ENVIRONMENTAL, AND RELIGIOUS CONSIDERATIONS OF HYDRAULIC FRACTURING ON TribAL LANDS |
2013 Brigham Young University Law Review 727 (2013) |
Tex Hall, the chairman of the Three Affiliated Tribes, says that the federal government must be prohibited from regulating hydraulic fracturing. If this is not done, our oil and gas production on our reservation will cease. It's that simple. A Blackfeet woman prepares to show a documentary film on the environmental dangers of oil and gas drilling... |
2013 |
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| Anietie Maureen-Ann Akpan |
TIERRA Y VIDA: HOW ENVIRONMENTAL INJUSTICE HAS ADVERSELY IMPACTED THE PUBLIC HEALTH OF RURAL BROWN POPULATIONS IN SOUTH TEXAS |
43 Texas Environmental Law Journal 321 (Summer, 2013) |
I. Introduction. 321 II. The Development of Texas Colonias. 322 A. Poverty's Integral Role in Sustaining the Subordinate Collective Health of Colonia Residents. 323 B. How Natural Environment Also Creates Obstacles for South Texas Residents to Maintain Good Health. 324 III. The Texas Health & Safety Code--Examining an Existing Remedy Not... |
2013 |
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| John W. Ragsdale, Jr. |
TO RETURN FROM WHERE WE STARTED: A REVISIONING OF PROPERTY, LAND USE, ECONOMY, AND REGULATION IN AMERICA |
45 Urban Lawyer 631 (Summer, 2013) |
The we in this article's title refers collectively to those of us with European origins and our ancestors who came to the North American Continent in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. The continent was not uninhabited or a vacuum domicilium. There were millions of native inhabitants and they had been there for thousands of years before the... |
2013 |
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| Douglas R. Williams |
TOWARD REGIONAL GOVERNANCE IN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW |
46 Akron Law Review 1047 (2013) |
I. Cooperative Federalism, Institutional Design, and Problems of Over-Centralization and Decentralization: The Clean Air Act and Clean Water Act. 1050 A. The Clean Air Act and the Paradox of State Authority. 1053 B. The Clean Water Act and the Growth of State Authority. 1064 C. Problems of Coordination, Disruption, and Resiliency Under the CAA and... |
2013 |
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| Aaron Culp |
WATER CAN BE FOR DRINKING AGAIN: ECONOMIC AND COLLABORATIVE SOLUTIONS TO A TEXAS WATER FIGHT |
45 Saint Mary's Law Journal 103 (2013) |
I. Introduction. 104 II. Legal Background. 107 A. The Texas Constitution and the Texas Water Code. 107 III. Economic Theories. 110 A. The Coase Theorem. 110 1. Transaction Costs. 112 2. Efficient Bargaining. 113 B. Water Markets. 115 C. Calabresi and Melamed's Cathedral Model. 120 1. Rule Four. 123 2. Spur Industries, Inc. v. Del E. Webb... |
2013 |
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| Jason T. Gerken |
WHAT THE FRACK SHALE WE DO? A PROPOSED ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATORY SCHEME FOR HYDRAULIC FRACTURING |
41 Capital University Law Review 81 (Winter, 2013) |
Over lunch at a Colorado Oil and Gas Association conference in August 2011, Halliburton Company Chief Executive Officer Dave Lesar offered a glass of Halliburton's new hydraulic fracturing fluid to a colleague. The executive took a swig of CleanStim, a trial fluid that Halliburton's website cautions should not be considered edible. Oil and gas... |
2013 |
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| Adam Babich, Jane F. Barrett |
WHY ENVIRONMENTAL LAW CLINICS? |
43 Environmental Law Reporter News & Analysis 10039 (January, 2013) |
The law clinic has become an increasingly important part of legal education, giving students the opportunity to learn practical skills as well as to internalize core legal values. Pedagogical concerns preclude clinics from letting fear of criticism drive decisions about how they represent clients. The legal profession's idealistic aspirations pose... |
2013 |
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| Brittan J. Bush |
A NEW REGIONALIST PERSPECTIVE ON LAND USE AND THE ENVIRONMENT |
56 Howard Law Journal 207 (Fall 2012) |
INTRODUCTION. 208 I. LOCALISM AND REGIONALISM: THE NORMATIVE DEBATE. 212 A. Localism. 212 1. City Powerlessness. 213 2. The Case for Localism. 216 3. The Failure of Localism. 219 B. The Concept of Regionalism. 224 C. The Promise of New Regionalism. 226 II. LAND USE AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION. 230 A. Land Use Planning and Environmental... |
2012 |
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| Yaser Khalaileh |
A RIGHT TO A CLEAN ENVIRONMENT IN THE MIDDLE EAST: OPPORTUNITIES TO EMBRACE OR REJECT |
42 Environmental Law Reporter News & Analysis 10280 (March, 2012) |
Following the Stockholm Declaration in 1972 emphasizing an essential need for a clean environment, a number of international proclamations were issued that contributed to international recognition of a substantive right to a clean environment as embodied 20 years later in the Rio Declaration. Since that time, there has been a movement for... |
2012 |
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| Jessica Ball |
A STEP IN THE WRONG DIRECTION: INCREASING RESTRICTIONS ON FOREIGN RURAL LAND ACQUISITION IN BRAZIL |
35 Fordham International Law Journal 1743 (November, 2012) |
INTRODUCTION. 1744 I. THE RECENT RISE OF AGRICULTURAL INVESTMENT AND BRAZIL'S POTENTIAL AS AN INDUSTRY LEADER. 1746 A. Different Structures of International Land Deals. 1750 B. International Actors. 1753 C. Investment Climate in Brazil. 1757 D. Investor Risk in Brazil. 1760 II. LAW 5.709 AND RECENT CHANGES IN THE FRAMEWORK GOVERNING FOREIGN... |
2012 |
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| Kristen L. Holm-Hansen |
A STREAM WOULD RISE FROM THE EARTH, AND WATER THE WHOLE FACE OF THE GROUND: THE ETHICAL NECESSITY FOR WETLANDS PROTECTION POST-RAPANOS |
26 Notre Dame Journal of Law, Ethics & Public Policy 621 (2012) |
While elections are rarely won or lost on environmental issues, creating and voting on environmental policy is an important part of every modern legislative session. With the United States facing population growth, the effects of recent environmental disasters, and an ever-growing reliance on consumerism and and technology, environmentalism is an... |
2012 |
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| James Concannon |
ACTIONABLE ACTS: "SEVERE" CONDUCT IN HOSTILE WORK ENVIRONMENT SEXUAL HARASSMENT CASES |
20 Buffalo Journal of Gender, Law & Social Policy 1 (2011-2012) |
This paper examines the significant weight that courts accord proof of especially severe conduct in hostile work environment sexual harassment cases. Such conduct is often found by courts to satisfy the severe or pervasive test established by the Supreme Court in Harris v. Forklift Systems, Inc., even if the plaintiff does not present proof... |
2012 |
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| Jedediah Purdy |
AMERICAN NATURES: THE SHAPE OF CONFLICT IN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW |
36 Harvard Environmental Law Review 169 (2012) |
There is a firestorm of political and cultural conflict around environmental issues, including, but running well beyond, climate change. Legal scholarship is in a bad position to make sense of this conflict because the field has concentrated on making sound policy recommendations to an idealized lawmaker, neglecting the deeply held and sharply... |
2012 |
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| Zoë Prebble |
ANTI-SPRAWL INITIATIVES: HOW COMPLETE IS THE CONVERGENCE OF ENVIRONMENTAL, DESEGREGATIONIST AND FAIR HOUSING INTERESTS? |
30 Buffalo Public Interest Law Journal 197 (2011-2012) |
Imagine spacious landscaped highways . giant roads, themselves great architecture, pass public service stations, no longer eyesores, expanded to include all kinds of service and comfort. They unite and separate--separate and unite the series of diversified units, the farm units, the factory units, the roadside markets, the garden schools, the... |
2012 |
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