| Author | Title | Citation | Summary | Year |
| Erin B. Agee |
IN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WE TRUST? FEDERAL FUNDING FOR TribAL WATER RIGHTS SETTLEMENTS AND THE TAOS PUEBLO Indian WATER RIGHTS SETTLEMENT ACT |
21 Cornell Journal of Law & Public Policy 201 (Fall 2011) |
Today's relationship between federally recognized Indian tribes and the federal government is complex. Tribes must be able to decide how they wish to manage their water resources, and yet the federal-tribal trust relationship means tribes also rely on the federal government to act in their best interests regarding these water resources. As... |
2011 |
| Inter-American Commission on Human Rights |
IndigenOUS AND TribAL PEOPLES' RIGHTS OVER THEIR ANCESTRAL LANDS AND NATURAL RESOURCES: NORMS AND JURISPRUDENCE OF THE INTER-AMERICAN HUMAN RIGHTS SYSTEM |
35 American Indian Law Review 263 (2010-2011) |
I. Introduction. 265 II. Sources of Law. 268 A. Inter-American Human Rights Instruments. 268 B. ILO Convention No. 169. 272 C. Other International Treaties and Pronouncements of Treaty Bodies. 273 D. International Customary Law. 275 E. Other International Instruments. 276 F. Domestic Law. 278 III. Definitions. 278 A. Indigenous Peoples; Tribal... |
2011 |
| Elena Bryant |
INNOVATION OR DEGRADATION?: AN ANALYSIS OF HAWAI'I'S CULTURAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT PROCESS AS A VEHICLE OF ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE FOR KNAKA MAOLI |
13 Asian-Pacific Law and Policy Journal 230 (2011) |
Introduction. 231 I. Providing a Framework: Environmental Justice for Knaka Maoli Communities. 235 A. Incorporating Environmental Justice into Hawai'i's EIS Process: Racializing Environmental Justice. 236 B. Defining the Injustice. 238 C. The Enactment of Natural and Cultural Resource Protections as a Mechanism for Restorative Justice for Knaka... |
2011 |
| Elisabeth Wickeri |
LAND IS LIFE, LAND IS POWER : LANDLESSNESS, EXCLUSION, AND DEPRIVATION IN NEPAL |
34 Fordham International Law Journal 930 (April, 2011) |
INTRODUCTION. 932 I. LEGAL AND POLITICAL CONTEXT OF LAND RIGHTS IN NEPAL. 937 A. Overview. 938 B. Nepal's International Obligations. 940 C. Codified Discrimination. 945 D. Land and Property in Nepali Law. 949 1. The Traditional Legal Framework: State Landlordism. 949 a. Overview of the Raikar System. 949 b. Tenants Rights. 952 c. Bonded Labor. 953... |
2011 |
| Shelley Ross Saxer |
MANAGING WATER RIGHTS USING FISHING RIGHTS AS A MODEL |
95 Marquette Law Review 91 (Fall 2011) |
Water sustains life. Living creatures, plants, and habitats compete for sustenance, while the relationships among these interests intertwine when we view water from the human lens. Water supports fish, and fish provide culture, beauty, and nutrition. Water also supports natural habitats, plant life, living creatures, and crops to feed the world.... |
2011 |
| Carmela E. Orsini |
ON OUR TERMS: USING ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE TO FORMULATE A PEACE AGREEMENT TO END THE TRI-STATE WATER WARS |
5 Southern Region Black Law Students Association Law Journal 1 (Spring, 2011) |
W.E.B. Du Bois claimed that the dominant theme of the twentieth century was race. In the twenty-first century, the scarcity of environmental natural resources has taken over as the dominant theme. One resource seems to be at the heart of many environmental law discussions: water. It covers roughly 71% of our planet. Many people across the planet... |
2011 |
| Katie Zaunbrecher |
PAC RIM CAYMAN V. REPUBLIC OF EL SALVADOR: CONFRONTING FREE TRADE'S CHILLING EFFECT ON ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRESS IN Latin AMERICA |
33 Houston Journal of International Law 489 (Spring 2011) |
Because of the disparity of environmental regulation between the United States and its southern neighbors, multinational corporations have long viewed the resource-rich countries of Central America as attractive locations for factories and extractive industry. However, as liberal democracy has gradually penetrated the region in the post-Cold War... |
2011 |
| Bernadette Atuahene |
PAYING FOR THE PAST: REDRESSING THE LEGACY OF LAND DISPOSSESSION IN SOUTH AFRICA |
45 Law and Society Review 955 (December, 2011) |
The constitution of South Africa mandates equitable redress for individuals and communities evicted from their properties during colonialism and apartheid. The Commission on Restitution of Land Rights' institution-wide assumption is that the financial awards given as equitable redress had no long-term economic impact on recipients because the money... |
2011 |
| David C. Baldus , Catherine M. Grosso , George Woodworth , Richard Newell |
RACIAL DISCRIMINation IN THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE DEATH PENALTY: THE EXPERIENCE OF THE UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES (1984-2005) |
101 Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology 1227 (Fall 2011) |
This Article presents evidence of racial discrimination in the administration of the death penalty in the United States Armed Forces from 1984 through 2005. Our database includes military prosecutions in all potentially death-eligible cases known to us (n = 105) during that time period. Over the last thirty years, studies of state death-penalty... |
2011 |
| John C. Hoelle |
RE-EVALUATING TribAL CUSTOMS OF LAND USE RIGHTS |
82 University of Colorado Law Review 551 (Spring 2011) |
Indigenous peoples developed sustainable land tenure systems over countless generations, but these customary systems of rights are barely used by American Indian tribes today. Would increasing formal recognition of these traditional customs be desirable for tribes in a modern context? This Comment examines one traditional form of indigenous land... |
2011 |
| Richard Grosso |
REGULatinG FOR SUSTAINABILITY: THE LEGALITY OF CARRYING CAPACITY-BASED ENVIRONMENTAL AND LAND USE PERMITTING DECISIONS |
35 Nova Law Review 711 (Summer, 2011) |
I. Introduction. 713 II. Legal Framework in Florida Law for Ecological and Fiscal Sustainability. 715 A. The Florida Constitution. 717 B. Private Property Rights. 717 C. Florida Law Protecting Wetlands and Water Quality and Quantity. 718 1. Environmental Resource Permit Laws: Chapter 373 of the Florida Statutes. 718 a. The Environmental Resource... |
2011 |
| H. Spencer Banzhaf |
REGULATORY IMPACT ANALYSES OF ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE EFFECTS |
27 Journal of Land Use & Environmental Law 1 (Fall, 2011) |
I. Introduction. 1 II. Environmental Justice Objectives and Regulatory Actions. 5 III. Diffusing the Situation. 10 IV. Distribution of What?. 16 A. General Considerations. 16 B. Cost-side Considerations. 17 C. Indirect Costs. 17 D. Inter-group Heterogeneity in Values. 20 E. Nonuse Values. 24 V. Incorporating Distributional Effects. 25 VI.... |
2011 |
| Delivered by: Gwendolyn Keyes Fleming |
REMARKS TO THE FLORIDA A&M UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF LAW ENVIRONMENTAL LAW AND JUSTICE SYMPOSIUM |
6 Florida A & M University Law Review 191 (Spring 2011) |
I have spent much of my 17-year professional life protecting communities and children against crime so it is especially pleasing to see that FAMU has joined with the Florida Department of Juvenile Justice to open the Juvenile Justice Research Institute. An Institute aimed at identifying research, implementing cutting edge juvenile justice services... |
2011 |
| Robert H. Cutting , Lawrence B. Cahoon , Jefferson F. Flood , Laura Horton , Michael Schramm |
SPILL THE BEANS: GOODGUIDE, WALMART AND EPA USE INFORMATION AS EFFICIENT, MARKET-BASED ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATION |
24 Tulane Environmental Law Journal 291 (Summer 2011) |
I. Introduction. 292 II. Background: Consumer as King. 298 III. Are We There Yet?. 300 IV. Sticks and Stones . . . So Why Use Words?. 305 A. Information as a Market-Based Tool. 305 B. Consumers, Investors, Regulators, and Competitors All Benefit. 307 1. Green Investing: Investors Seeking a Responsible Company That Will Avoid Huge Liabilities (from... |
2011 |
| Daniel Farber |
SYMPOSIUM INTRODUCTION: NAVIGATING THE INTERSECTION OF ENVIRONMENTAL LAW AND DISASTER LAW |
2011 Brigham Young University Law Review 1783 (2011) |
In an environmental disaster, a disaster causes environmental harm, or an environmental change causes an acute risk to humans, or a combination of both takes place. Examples include the BP oil spill, the London killer fog of 1952, the 2003 European heat wave, and the 2011 Japanese tsunami. Climate change will intensify the connection between... |
2011 |
| Bonnie A. Malloy |
TESTING COOPERATIVE FEDERALISM: WATER QUALITY STANDARDS UNDER THE CLEAN WATER ACT |
6 Environmental & Energy Law & Policy Journal 63 (Spring 2011) |
Introduction. 64 I. The Clean Water Act. 68 A. The History Behind Water Quality Standards. 69 B. The Operation of Water Quality Standards. 72 C. Cooperative Federalism. 74 D. The Judiciary's Limitations. 76 1. States retained jurisdiction over land-use and water allocation. 76 2. States can condition federal permits under the CWA. 77 II.... |
2011 |
| Tom I. Romero, II J.D., Ph.D. |
THE COLOR OF WATER: OBSERVATIONS OF A BROWN BUFFALO ON WATER LAW & POLICY IN TEN STANZAS |
1 University of Miami Race & Social Justice Law Review 107 (2011) |
I speak as a historian, a recorder of events with a sour stomach. I have no love for memories of the past. - Oscar Zeta Acosta, The Autobiography of a Brown Buffalo Once recognized as the fiercest beasts roaming the wild open wetlands of Asia, water buffalos earned their reputation as aggressive warriors able to travel long distances and engage... |
2011 |
| Emily Sangi |
THE GAP-FILLING ROLE OF NUISANCE IN INTERSTATE AIR POLLUTION |
38 Ecology Law Quarterly 479 (2011) |
Air pollutants from coal-fired power plants frequently cross state borders, which can impact a receiving state's ability to meet and maintain the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) mandated by the Clean Air Act (CAA). North Carolina asserted that such interstate air pollution was responsible for its nonattainment of certain NAAQS. After... |
2011 |
| Olivier De Schutter |
THE GREEN RUSH: THE GLOBAL RACE FOR FARMLAND AND THE RIGHTS OF LAND USERS |
52 Harvard International Law Journal 503 (Summer 2011) |
Introduction. 504 I. The Relationship between States and Markets in Agriculture: A Brief History. 508 II. The New Competition for Land. 520 III. The Threats to the Rights of Land Users. 524 A. The Protection of Land Users from Eviction: Two Approaches to Security of Tenure. 525 B. Protecting Communal Rights. 533 C. The Decentralized Management of... |
2011 |
| Jeremy Sarkin and Amelia Cook |
THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF THE SAN (BUSHMEN) OF BOTSWANA--THE CLASH OF THE RIGHTS OF IndigenOUS COMMUNITIES AND THEIR ACCESS TO WATER WITH THE RIGHTS OF THE STATE TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION AND MINERAL RESOURCE EXPLOITATION |
20 Journal of Transnational Law & Policy 1 (2010-2011) |
Introduction. 1 I. Historical Relations and Land Use Patterns between the San and the Tswana. 6 II. The Central Kalahari Game Reserve Issue. 12 III. The Legal System in Botswana. 20 IV. The High Court Case: Sesana v. Attorney General. 23 V. Government Compliance with the Court's decision. 27 VI. The San's Options Moving Forward. 29 Conclusion. 31... |
2011 |
| Blake A. Watson |
THE IMPACT OF THE AMERICAN DOCTRINE OF DISCOVERY ON NATIVE LAND RIGHTS IN AUSTRALIA, CANADA, AND NEW ZEALAND |
34 Seattle University Law Review 507 (Winter, 2011) |
The landmark decision in the United States regarding Indian land rights is Johnson v. McIntosh, an 1823 decision authored by Chief Justice John Marshall. The Supreme Court in Johnson unequivocally rejected the most favorable view of indigenous land rights--that the native inhabitants own the land they occupy and are free to retain or sell their... |
2011 |
| William F. Cloran |
THE OWNERSHIP OF WATER IN OREGON: PUBLIC PROPERTY VS. PRIVATE COMMODITY |
47 Willamette Law Review 627 (Summer 2011) |
This article concerns the ownership of water as opposed to the right to appropriate. A right to appropriate water under state law may or may not result in actual capture of water. The ownership of water prior to appropriation and the rights and duties of the owner prior to appropriation have a profound influence on the amount of water available for... |
2011 |
| D. Kapua'ala Sproat |
WAI THROUGH KNWAI: WATER FOR HAWAI'I'S STREAMS AND JUSTICE FOR HAWAIIAN COMMUNITIES |
95 Marquette Law Review 127 (Fall 2011) |
Kaulana N Wai Eh: Famous are the Four Great Waters of Waihee River, and Waiehu, ao, and Waikap Streams in the heart of Central Maui. Since time immemorial, Knaka Maoli (Native Hawaiians) revered the abundance of fresh water in Hawaii's rivers and streams, including N Wai Eh, as a physical embodiment of Kneikawaiola, a gift from the... |
2011 |
| Armen H. Merjian |
WASHINGTON PARK LEAD COMMITTEE, INC. V. UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY: HELEN PERSON AND THE LANDMARK STRUGGLE AGAINST ENVIRONMENTAL INJUSTICE |
30 Chicana/o-Latina/o Law Review 65 (2011) |
When it comes to enforcing the rights of poor people and people of color in the United States, government officials often look the other way. Too often they must be prodded to enforce environmental and civil rights laws and regulations without regard to race, color, national origin, and socioeconomic background. Laws, regulations, and executive... |
2011 |
| Hong Lan , Michael A. Livermore , Craig A. Wenner |
WATER POLLUTION AND REGULATORY COOPERATION IN CHINA |
44 Cornell International Law Journal 349 (Spring 2011) |
350 Introduction. 350 I. Subnational Autonomy and the Post-Reform Economic Expansion. 354 A. Decentralization. 354 B. The Market-Preserving Federalism Hypothesis. 356 C. The Bureaucratic Incentive Hypothesis. 357 II. Center-Local Dynamics in the Chinese Water Pollution Context. 359 A. Decentralization of Water Pollution Authority. 359... |
2011 |
| Rebecca H. Hiers |
WATER: A HUMAN RIGHT OR A HUMAN RESPONSIBILITY? |
47 Willamette Law Review 467 (Spring 2011) |
In July 2010, the United Nations General Assembly declared that access to clean water and sanitation is a basic human right. This declaration, though, does not expressly address the issue of ecosystem protection. So, should the Human Right to Water include protection of water quality, essential ecosystem functions, and biodiversity? An... |
2011 |
| Joseph Norris |
WATER: BEYOND DAMS AND DIVERSIONS |
14 University of Denver Water Law Review 428 (Spring, 2011) |
[A Panel Session Sponsored by the University of Denver Water Law Review] As moderator for the panel discussion, Peter Pollock of the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy posed the question of how we get beyond the current solutions to water management and land use in the West when there is such a poor link between the two. Water conservation, new... |
2011 |
| Neil H. Buchanan |
WHAT KIND OF ENVIRONMENT DO WE OWE FUTURE GENERATIONS? |
15 Lewis & Clark Law Review 339 (Summer 2011) |
Despite widely held beliefs that current generations bear heavy obligations to look out for the welfare of future generations, the philosophical case in support of such intergenerational obligations is surprisingly tentative. Moreover, quantifying any such obligations is subject to even greater uncertainty. Even so, current generations bring future... |
2011 |
| Robert J. Tepper , Craig G. White |
WORKPLACE HARASSMENT IN THE ACADEMIC ENVIRONMENT |
56 Saint Louis University Law Journal 81 (Fall 2011) |
Over the last decade, claims of workplace harassment have received greater attention. Sometimes called workplace bullying, such harassment is commonly defined as behavior by a perpetrator that may involve repeated verbal abuse, offensive conduct that may threaten, humiliate, or intimidate a target, or efforts to sabotage a target's performance.... |
2011 |
| David A. Elder, Regents Professor of Law |
"HOSTILE ENVIRONMENT" CHARGES AND THE ABA/AALS ACCREDITATION/MEMBERSHIP IMBROGLIO, POST-MODERNISM'S "NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN": WHY DEFAMED LAW PROFESSORS SHOULD "NOT GO GENTLE INTO THAT GOOD NIGHT" |
6 Rutgers Journal of Law & Public Policy 434 (Spring, 2009) |
With time the fury has subsided but the feelings from Chase's own twenty-first century version of 1984 remain vivid - the shock and humiliation of being portrayed by the ABA and AALS as one of the group of male faculty creating a pervasive hostile environment is an experience I would wish on no one. How did this wretched scenario come about?... |
2009 |
| Sophie Theriault |
"NORTHERN FRONTIER, NORTHERN HOMELAND": INUIT PEOPLE'S FOOD SECURITY IN THE AGE OF CLIMATE CHANGE AND ARCTIC MELTING |
15 Southwestern Journal of International Law 223 (2009) |
Effective policy-making for the Arctic requires recognition that the Arctic is not an empty box. . . . It is also Inuit Nunaat--the Inuit homeland within Canada. A sensible plan of action must be conceived and delivered in genuine, not token, partnership with Inuit. Canada has a choice when it comes to defending our sovereignty over the Arctic.... |
2009 |
| Bryan J. Harrison |
A "CHILLING" EFFECT? -- GEOPOLITICAL INCENTIVIZING AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL RAMIFICATIONS FOR THE ARCTIC REGION |
17 University of Miami International and Comparative Law Review 67 (Fall, 2009) |
I. Introduction. 67 II. Historical and Theoretical Context for Recent Arctic Developments. 69 III. Lessons from Antarctica's Madrid Protocol Applied to International Arctic Policy. 76 IV. Current Geopolitics and the Northwest Pasage. 81 V. Future Implications. 88 VI. Conclusion. 90 |
2009 |
| Robert M. Kibugi |
A FAILED LAND USE LEGAL AND POLICY FRAMEWORK FOR THE AFRICAN COMMONS?: REVIEWING RANGELAND GOVERNANCE IN KENYA |
24 Journal of Land Use & Environmental Law 309 (Spring, 2009) |
The governance of natural resources remains a complicated task globally. The most perplexing element of this task is the reality that natural resources are finite and that there is increasing competition between resource uses and users. Government missteps regarding natural resources can thus create inequity, discrimination, poverty, and... |
2009 |
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A FEDERAL PUBLIC LANDS AGENDA FOR THE 21ST CENTURY |
30 Public Land & Resources Law Review 1 (2009) |
National Advisory Board Public Land and Resources Law Review School of Law, University of Montana Terry L. Anderson Executive Director, Political Economy Research Center Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University Raymond Cross Professor of Law University of Montana School of Law Steve Doherty Co-Chair, Progressive States Network... |
2009 |
| Nicole C. Salamander |
A HALF FULL CIRCLE: THE RESERVED RIGHTS DOCTRINE AND TRIBAL REACQUIRED LANDS |
12 University of Denver Water Law Review 333 (Spring, 2009) |
INTRODUCTION. 334 I. CONGRESSIONAL PLENARY POWER. 335 A. A Brief History of Federal Indian Policy. 336 B. A Closer Look at the General Allotment Act of 1887. 338 II. TYPES OF LAND AFFECTING INDIAN INTERESTS AND RIGHTS. 340 III. BASIC RULES ABOUT WATER FOR INDIAN LANDS: THE RESERVED RIGHTS DOCTRINE. 342 IV. THE BEGINNING OF WATER RIGHTS FOR... |
2009 |
| Oscar Omar Salazar-Duran |
A HUMAN RIGHTS APPROACH TO CORPORATE ACCOUNTABILITY AND ENVIRONMENTAL LITIGATION |
43 University of San Francisco Law Review 733 (Winter 2009) |
THE RIGHT TO A HEALTHY environment is a developing legal standard that is currently implemented in regional human rights conventions and national constitutions. This Comment will discuss how recognizing the environment as a human right will change the adjudication of environmental cases, mechanisms, and remedies available for environmental rights... |
2009 |
| Peter Zwick |
A REDEEMABLE LOSS: LYNG, LOWER COURTS AND AMERICAN INDIAN FREE EXERCISE ON PUBLIC LANDS |
60 Case Western Reserve Law Review 241 (Fall, 2009) |
Rising above Arizona's desert plains, the San Francisco Peaks reach higher than any other mountain range in the state. Named in honor of the medieval Italian Francis of Assisi a man venerated by the Catholic Church as the patron saint of animals and the environment the string of ancient volcanic summits contains impressive biological diversity... |
2009 |
| Carlton Waterhouse |
ABANDON ALL HOPE YE THAT ENTER? EQUAL PROTECTION, TITLE VI, AND THE DIVINE COMEDY OF ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE |
20 Fordham Environmental Law Review 51 (Spring, 2009) |
Midway through life's journey and a few years hence, it came to me to inquire of the state of those I had encountered sometime before in the wood of error before I had sought to ascend to the mount of joy. At that time, I traveled the wood in the hope of aiding those attacked by the offspring of two great beasts. In days past, three beasts ruled... |
2009 |
| Mary Christina Wood |
ADVANCING THE SOVEREIGN TRUST OF GOVERNMENT TO SAFEGUARD THE ENVIRONMENT FOR PRESENT AND FUTURE GENERATIONS (PART I): ECOLOGICAL REALISM AND THE NEED FOR A PARADIGM SHIFT |
39 Environmental Law 43 (Winter 2009) |
Modern environmental law has proved a colossal failure, despite the good intentions and the hard work of many citizens, lawyers, and government officials. Notwithstanding the most extensive and complex set of legal mandates the world has ever known, government is driving runaway greenhouse gas emissions and resource depletion. Agencies use the... |
2009 |
| Mary Christina Wood |
ADVANCING THE SOVEREIGN TRUST OF GOVERNMENT TO SAFEGUARD THE ENVIRONMENT FOR PRESENT AND FUTURE GENERATIONS (PART II): INSTILLING A FIDUCIARY OBLIGATION IN GOVERNANCE |
39 Environmental Law 91 (Winter 2009) |
This Article is the second part of a two-part work that highlights the fiduciary obligation of government emanating from the public trust doctrine of environmental law. This Part explores the measurable standards of performance for protecting vital natural assets in the people's trust as carried out within the modern framework of administrative... |
2009 |
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AIR QUALITY |
2009 ABA Environment, Energy, and Resources Law: The Year in Review 7 (2009) |
In Ariz. Pub. Serv. Co. v. Envtl. Protection Agency (EPA), environmental and industry petitioners challenged a source-specific federal implementation plan for a coal-fired power facility on the Navajo Reservation in northwest New Mexico. Environmental petitioners argued that EPA's federal plan, which was enacted under the Tribal Authority Rule... |
2009 |
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ALIENATION OF HAWAIIAN LAND |
123 Harvard Law Review 302 (November, 2009) |
In recent years, the United States has apologized for some of the unfortunate aspects of its history. Since 1988, Congress has passed resolutions apologizing for the internment of Japanese-Americans, for the U.S. role in overthrowing the Kingdom of Hawaii, and for slavery and racial segregation. A proposed congressional apology to Native Americans... |
2009 |
| Mary Beth West |
ARCTIC WARMING: ENVIRONMENTAL, HUMAN, AND SECURITY IMPLICATIONS |
42 Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law 1081 (October, 2009) |
Arctic warming has myriad implications for the Arctic environment, residents, and nations. Although definitive predictions are difficult, without question the scope and rapidity of change will test the adaptive capacities of the Arctic environment as well as its residents. Warming is affecting marine ecosystems and marine life, terrestrial... |
2009 |
| Sonja Schiller |
AVOIDING THE PROBLEM OF THE COMMONS IN A COMMUNIST SOCIETY: THE ROLE OF WATER RIGHTS IN THE ENFORCEMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL LAW IN CHINA |
29 Washington University Journal of Law and Policy 349 (2009) |
Since the initiation of Deng Xiaoping's policy of reform and opening (gaige kaifang) over twenty years ago, extraordinary rates of urbanization and industrialization have dramatically impacted China's gross domestic product (GDP) and demographics. Between 1978 and 2005, China's GDP grew an average of 9.4% annually, boosting the economy from the... |
2009 |
| Gia Schneider, William L. Thomas, Benjamin Vitale |
BANKING ON THE ENVIRONMENT: PROFITING FROM INVESTMENT IN REDD |
24-SUM Natural Resources & Environment 14 (Summer, 2009) |
The combined threats associated with climate change and biodiversity loss call for a deeper commitment of resources and investment from both public and private-sector sources. They call for thoughtful use of incentives and other policy instruments that harness market forces, including meaningful measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from... |
2009 |
| Matthew Murphy |
BETTING THE RANCHERIA: ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTIONS AS BARGAINING CHIPS UNDER THE INDIAN GAMING REGULATORY ACT |
36 Boston College Environmental Affairs Law Review 171 (2009) |
Abstract: In 2005, the State of California and the Big Lagoon Rancheria American Indian Tribe reached an agreement whereby the tribe agreed to forego development plans for a casino on environmentally sensitive lands in exchange for the right to build a casino in Barstow, California. In January 2008, the Department of the Interior denied the... |
2009 |
| Mary E. Footer |
BITS AND PIECES: SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION IN THE REGULATION OF FOREIGN INVESTMENT |
18 Michigan State Journal of International Law 33 (2009) |
I. Introduction. 33 II. Investor Protection Versus Social and Environmental Protection. 36 A. Trends in First and Second Generation Investment Instruments. 37 B. Towards Social and Environmental Protection Through Investment Arbitration. 39 C. Modeling Social and Environmental Protection Clauses in Third Generation Investment Instruments. 42 III.... |
2009 |
| Andrew P. Morriss , Roger E. Meiners |
BORDERS AND THE ENVIRONMENT |
39 Environmental Law 141 (Winter 2009) |
Despite regular acknowledgement of the interconnectedness of global ecosystems, government policies at the national level focus on environmental problems within their borders. As a result, the level of public and private resources expended on environmental protection in rich and poor countries is dramatically different on both a per capita and an... |
2009 |
| Faith R. Rivers |
BRIDGING THE BLACK-GREEN-WHITE DIVIDE: THE IMPACT OF DIVERSITY IN ENVIRONMENTAL NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS |
33 William and Mary Environmental Law and Policy Review 449 (Winter, 2009) |
Nonprofit organizations have been the lifeblood of the environmental movement. While charitable organizations have played an important role in the evolution of American society for centuries, environmental nonprofits are a relatively new development. These organizations, and the governmental policies that support and encourage the charitable sector... |
2009 |
| Adrienne Lyles-Chockley |
BUILDING LIVABLE PLACES: THE IMPORTANCE OF LANDSCAPE IN URBAN LAND USE, PLANNING, AND DEVELOPMENT |
16 Buffalo Environmental Law Journal 95 (2008-2009) |
C1-2Table of Contents I. A History of Landscape Policy. 97 II. Landscape Architecture is a Necessary Urban Planning Consideration. 100 A. Landscape Architecture and Social Consciousness. 101 B. Reconciliation of environmental considerations and low-income housing development. 103 C. Landscape Architecture for Crime Prevention. 105 III. Landscape as... |
2009 |