| Author | Title | Citation | Summary | Year |
| Brendan W. Williams |
HUNGER GAMES: RACIAL POLITICS AND THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE |
43 North Carolina Central Law Review 103 (2021) |
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) was established by a law signed by President Abraham Lincoln in 1862, with the benign charge to diffuse among the people of the United States useful information on subjects connected with agriculture in the most general and comprehensive sense of that word, and to procure, propagate, and... |
2021 |
| Dr. Daniel Rietiker |
INDIGENOUS PEOPLES' RIGHT TO WATER IN TIMES OF COVID-19: ASSESSMENT OF THE PROTECTION UNDER INTERNATIONAL LAW AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR HUMAN RIGHTS LITIGATION |
44 Suffolk Transnational Law Review 1 (Winter, 2021) |
While rivers flow through Navajo lands and are used to irrigate golf courses in Phoenix, the Navajo lack legal entitlement to that water and amidst the coronavirus crisis, cannot even get sufficient plumbing to wash their hands. Indigenous peoples have suffered and continue to suffer from human rights abuses more than the rest of the population.... |
2021 |
| A. Camille Karabaich |
MORE THAN HUNGRY: HOW POLITICAL NARRATIVES BUILT & MAINTAIN HUNGER IN THE UNITED STATES |
27 William and Mary Journal of Race, Gender, and Social Justice 541 (Winter, 2021) |
Introduction I. Building Hunger A. Housing 1. Housing & the Native Americans 2. Housing During Slavery 3. Housing & Land Ownership 4. Housing & Home Ownership B. Incarceration 1. Incarceration & Hunger C. Inaccessibility 1. Monetary and Time Inaccessibility 2. Geographic Inaccessibility D. Food 1. Food Insecurity 2. Food & Control 3. Food & Health... |
2021 |
| Samia R. Broadaway, Paulina Williams |
RETROSPECTIVE ON DRINKING WATER LITIGATION FROM FLINT, MICHIGAN |
52 ABA Trends 6 (March/April, 2021) |
The facts of Flint, Michigan's water crisis are now well known: in April 2014, the city of Flint, facing serious financial trouble, was supervised by an emergency manager appointed by then-Governor Snyder. The emergency manager was tasked with implementing cost-saving measures. In one such cost-saving effort, the city switched its water supply from... |
2021 |
| Katelyn Healy |
RIGHT TO FOOD GONE IN A SNAP? EVALUATING SECTION 12-4.13C OF THE ILLINOIS PUBLIC AID CODE AND WHETHER IT ADEQUATELY ADDRESSES CITIZENS' "RIGHT" TO FOOD |
53 UIC John Marshall Law Review 1125 (Spring, 2021) |
I. Introduction: Food Insecurity in One of the Richest Countries. 1125 II. Background. 1128 A. The Right to Food in the United States and Timeline Through Federal Food Programs. 1128 1. First Food Stamp Program. 1129 2. The Pilot Food Stamp Program from 1961-1964. 1130 3. The Food Stamp Act of 1964. 1130 4. The 1960s Through the 1980s. 1131 5.... |
2021 |
| Shawn “Pepper” Roussel |
THE CARROT IS THE STICK: FOOD AS A WEAPON OF SYSTEMIC OPPRESSION FOR BLACK CONSUMERS AND THE DISENFRANCHISEMENT OF BLACK FARMERS |
36 Journal of Environmental Law & Litigation 129 (2021) |
Introduction. 129 I. The Confidence of a Mediocre White Guy: Andrew Johnson's Tenure. 133 II. Making It Right: Freedmen's Bureau and Other Failed Experiments. 137 III. Refugees in Their Own Land: Black Americans. 139 IV. Name That Oppression: Food. 141 V. Colonizers Gonna Colonize: Native American Land Dispossession. 145 VI. There's No Such Thing... |
2021 |
| George R. La Noue |
THE RACE CARD IN ARPA'S FOOD SUPPLY DECK |
22 Federalist Society Review 184 (July 12, 2021) |
Note from the Editor: The Federalist Society takes no positions on particular legal and public policy matters. Any expressions of opinion are those of the author. Whenever we publish an article that advocates for a particular position, we offer links to other perspectives on the issue. We also invite responses from our readers. To join the debate,... |
2021 |
| Priya Baskaran |
THIRSTY PLACES |
2021 Utah Law Review 501 (2021) |
The United States, among the wealthiest and most prosperous nations in the world, regularly fails to provide clean, potable water to many of its citizens. Recent water crises occur within communities categorized as Geographically Disadvantaged Spaces (GDS), which often encompass urban and rural areas. What is more, people of color and... |
2021 |
| Jaime Alison Lee |
TURNING PARTICIPATION INTO POWER: A WATER JUSTICE CASE STUDY |
28 George Mason Law Review 1003 (Spring, 2021) |
Water systems throughout the United States are broken, both literally and figuratively. The purpose of water utilities is to provide access to clean and convenient water, which promotes human health and productivity. Yet, a growing number of utilities charge unconscionable prices for water and otherwise carry out policies that decrease, rather than... |
2021 |
| Philippe Cullet , Lovleen Bhullar , Sujith Koonan |
WATER SECURITY AND INTERNATIONAL LAW |
17 Annual Review of Law and Social Science 261 (2021) |
energy, environment, food, international law, rights, security, water International law seeks to ensure water security and to prevent or resolve conflicts leading to water insecurity. This relationship is based on a hybrid framework comprising binding and nonbinding instruments. The multiscalar dimensions of water (in)security are recognized, but... |
2021 |
| Joseph Regalia |
A NEW WATER LAW VISTA: ROOTING THE PUBLIC TRUST DOCTRINE IN THE COURTS |
108 Kentucky Law Journal 1 (2019-2020) |
C1-2Table of Contents Table of Contents. 1 I. A Public Trust Bootcamp. 7 II. Some States Have Embraced their Trust Obligations to Meet Evolving Threats to Water Resources; Some Have Shed their Duties Completely. 12 A. We are in a water crisis and adaptive, aggressive action is needed to protect precious water resources, especially in the west. 12... |
2020 |
| Ariana R. Levinson , Chad Eisenback |
COOPERATIVE PRINCIPLES AND FAIR LABOR STANDARDS: VOLUNTEERING FOR FOOD CO-OPS |
2020 Michigan State Law Review 189 (2020) |
Groceries across the United States are leaving the urban core and contributing to the food insecurity with which approximately 40 million people struggle. Food cooperatives, which are owned by members of the community, can help fill this void. The owners often volunteer their time to serve their community by working at the food co-op. The... |
2020 |
| Rachael Jaffe |
EQUITY & ECOLOGY IN SOUTH AFRICAN WATER SYSTEMS |
23 University of Denver Water Law Review 147 (Spring, 2020) |
The South African Constitution promises food, water, and shelter to every South African--three essentials to human life. Yet, not everyone in South Africa has access to these imperative basics. South Africa's idealistic Constitution guarantees the right to sufficient food and water and access to adequate housing. However, despite this promise,... |
2020 |
| Maggie Dickinson, Guttman Community College - CUNY |
FOOD IN CUBA: THE PURSUIT OF A DECENT MEAL, HANNA GARTH (STANFORD: STANFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS, 2020) |
43 PoLAR: Political and Legal Anthropology Review 1 (2020) |
Hanna Garth's ethnography, Food in Cuba: The Pursuit of a Decent Meal, opens with the story of Amalia, a Cuban woman living in Santiago de Cuba searching for fresh corn to make hallacas, a traditional Cuban dish similar to tamales. Garth traces Amalia's attempts to locate the corn, crossing back and forth across the city to various vendors.... |
2020 |
| Etienne C. Toussaint , Sabine O'Hara |
FOOD, FITNESS, AND FATALITIES |
46 Human Rights 18 (2020) |
It's not every day that an afternoon run turns into an execution. When most people think about the health impacts of running, they likely call to mind the insights of public health researchers and medical doctors. Scientists tell us, for example, that jogging at a low to moderate pace for 30 minutes a day, five days a week, can reduce the risk of... |
2020 |
| Coty Montag |
LIEN IN: CHALLENGING MUNICIPALITIES' DISCRIMINATORY WATER PRACTICES UNDER THE FAIR HOUSING ACT |
55 Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review 199 (Winter, 2020) |
Our nation's failing infrastructure and cities' financial woes have led to a dramatic rise in the cost of water across the United States. Many families are unable to pay these higher bills and face disproportionately harsh consequences as a result. While laws vary by jurisdiction, some municipalities place liens on homes for unpaid water debt. Once... |
2020 |
| Morgan Greene |
MITIGATING THE ADVERSE EFFECTS OF FOOD INSECURITY IN NEW YORK CITY THROUGH THE SCHOOL LUNCH PROGRAM |
47 Fordham Urban Law Journal 1081 (June, 2020) |
Introduction. 1082 I. Food Insecurity in New York City and the School Lunch Program. 1086 A. Food Insecurity in New York City. 1086 i. The Prevalence of Food Insecurity and Its Health Impacts. 1087 ii. Food Deserts' Limited Role in Food Insecurity. 1090 B. The National School Lunch Program. 1092 i. History of the National School Lunch Program. 1093... |
2020 |
| Coty Montag |
MUNICIPAL POWER AND RACIAL INJUSTICE: SOLUTIONS FOR WATER DISCRIMINATION |
34-SPG Natural Resources & Environment 16 (Spring, 2020) |
Albert Pickett, a Black man and lifelong resident of East Cleveland, Ohio, has lived without running water in his home for six years. Pickett v. City of Cleveland, No. 19-cv-2911, Complaint at 23 (N.D. Ohio Dec. 18, 2019), naacpldf.org/wp-content/uploads/Pickett-Filed-Complaint.pdf. His sole income is disability benefits. Pickett owns and lives in... |
2020 |
| Martin A. McCrory , Anjanette H. Raymond |
NAVIGATING MURKY WATERS: THE RISE AND FALL OF CLEAN WATER PROTECTION IN THE UNITED STATES |
29 Southern California Review of Law & Social Justice 143 (Summer, 2020) |
In rivers, the water that you touch is the last of what has past and the first of that which comes . According to water quality and monitoring violations from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), an estimated 63 million people in America were exposed to potentially unsafe water more than once during the past decade. These failures have... |
2020 |
| Michael Chachura |
OLD PIPES IN BRICK CITY: EQUAL PROTECTIONS & THE NEWARK WATER CRISIS |
22 Rutgers Race & the Law Review 123 (2020) |
This note addresses the current water crisis in Newark, New Jersey and the unique ways in which the crisis can be solved. Residents of Newark have been harmed by the crisis and can employ environmental justice and constitutional principles to seek relief. These environmental justice principles could also be applied to other cities when this... |
2020 |
| Ramya Jawahar Kudekallu |
RACE, CASTE, AND HUNGER |
43 Fordham International Law Journal 1103 (May, 2020) |
I. THE INDIAN CASTE SYSTEM- A HISTORY AND CONTEMPORARY IMPLICATIONS. 1106 II. CASTE AS A RACIAL CONSTRUCT. 1109 III. WHERE CASTE AND RACE DIVERGE. 1113 IV. CASTE-BASED AND RACIAL DISCRIMINATION ADDRESSED IN INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS. 1115 A. Race. 1116 B. Caste. 1118 V. YOU ARE WHAT YOU EAT. 1122 VI. AND YOU EAT WHAT YOU ARE.. 1124 VII. CASTE ON... |
2020 |
| Meghan Knapp |
ROMANI WOMEN'S RIGHT TO WATER: BRINGING INTERSECTIONAL DISCRIMINATION CLAIMS IN THE E.U. |
29 Minnesota Journal of International Law 151 (Spring, 2020) |
Water, water every where, nor any drop to drink. Coleridge's famous words reflected the situation of sailors on a ship, but the words hold true for the situation of many on land today. 2.1 billion people lack access to safe drinking water at home, and by 2025, half of the world will live in a water-stressed area. While the mind may more readily... |
2020 |
| Maneesha Deckha |
SOMETHING TO CELEBRATE?: DEMOTING DAIRY IN CANADA'S NATIONAL FOOD GUIDE |
16 Journal of Food Law & Policy 11 (Spring, 2020) |
In early 2019, the Canadian Government released the much-anticipated new Canada Food Guide. It is a food guide that de-emphasizes dairy products and promotes plant-based eating. Notably, in the new version, milk and milk products are de-listed as one of the previously four essential food groups. On the surface, it seems that the federal government... |
2020 |
| Nicole E. Negowetti |
TAKING (ANIMAL-BASED) MEAT AND ETHICS OFF THE TABLE: FOOD LABELING AND THE ROLE OF CONSUMERS AS AGENTS OF FOOD SYSTEMS CHANGE |
99 Oregon Law Review 91 (2020) |
Overview. 92 Introduction. 92 I. Plant-Based Meat and Food Choice Drivers and Barriers. 95 A. Overview of Alternative Meats. 97 B. Food Choice Architecture: Drivers and Barriers of Animal-Based and Plant-Based Meat Consumption. 102 II. Plant-Based Meat and the Market-Based Theory of Change. 106 A. Market-Based Theory of Change Possibilities and... |
2020 |
| Laurence Boisson de Chazournes |
THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS (SDGS) AND THE RULE OF LAW: A PROPOS SDG 6 ON ACCESS TO WATER AND SANITATION |
114 American Society of International Law Proceedings 143 (June 25-26, 2020) |
The rule of law and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are mutually supportive. Respect for the rule of law is indeed crucial for development issues. The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development itself acknowledges, through SDG 16, that access to justice and the rule of law foster sustainable development. The latter ensures that all... |
2020 |
| Andrea Freeman |
UNCONSTITUTIONAL FOOD INEQUALITY |
55 Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review 840 (Summer, 2020) |
Racial disparities in food-related deaths and disease are vestiges of slavery and colonization that have persisted for too long. Rhetoric around personal responsibility and cultural preferences obscure the structural causes of these disparities. Regulatory capture by the food industry makes reform through the political process unlikely or subject... |
2020 |
| Heidi R. Weimer |
UP THE ETHICAL CREEK WITHOUT A PADDLE: HOW IMPOSSIBLE DEMANDS ON PLAINTIFFS' ATTORNEYS IN THE FLINT WATER CRISIS CLASS ACTIONS DEMONSTRATE THE NEED TO REDEFINE ETHICAL DUTIES IN MASS TORT CASES |
33 Georgetown Journal of Legal Ethics 855 (Summer, 2020) |
The American public is familiar with the Flint Water Crisis (the crisis, or FWC)--the general causes, the impact, and the injustice. It has been a hot topic over the past several years with multiple documentaries, books, and news accounts providing platforms for residents' stories of being poisoned by lead in their city's water. While the... |
2020 |
| Dr. Waseem Ahmad Qureshi |
WATER RESOURCES IN THE ANTHROPOCENE: CAUSE FOR WAR OR COOPERATION? |
30 Minnesota Journal of International Law 43 (Fall, 2020) |
With the collective effect of the ever-growing human population, deterioration of water quality, increased pollution, climate change, the changing water cycle, increased water scarcity, and intense competition for freshwater resources, it is predicted that wars in the future will be fought over freshwater instead of oil. A race to construct mega... |
2020 |
| Matthew McKerley |
WATER, WATER EVERYWHERE? ESTABLISHING A PUBLIC TRUST IN GROUNDWATER TO ADDRESS AGRICULTURAL POLLUTION IN CALIFORNIA |
43-SPG Environs Environmental Law and Policy Journal 163 (Spring, 2020) |
Unbeknownst to some, thousands of residents in California's San Joaquin Valley lack access to clean drinking water, which carries very real economic and human costs. The problems encountered by residents in the Valley disproportionately affect poor communities and communities of color. The issue thus falls directly within larger problems... |
2020 |
| Lolita Buckner Inniss |
WHILE THE WATER IS STIRRING: SOJOURNER TRUTH AS PROTO-AGONIST IN THE FIGHT FOR (BLACK) WOMEN'S RIGHTS |
100 Boston University Law Review 1637 (October, 2020) |
This Essay argues for a greater understanding of Sojourner Truth's little-discussed role as a proto-agonist (a marginalized, long-suffering forerunner as opposed to a protagonist, a highly celebrated central character) in the process that led up to the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment. Though the Nineteenth Amendment failed to deliver on its... |
2020 |
| Andrea Freeman |
YOU BETTER WORK: UNCONSTITUTIONAL WORK REQUIREMENTS AND FOOD OPPRESSION |
53 U.C. Davis Law Review 1531 (February, 2020) |
Work requirements attached to the receipt of welfare (TANF) and food stamps (SNAP) disproportionately harm people of color. They arose out of unfounded fears of fraud based on racial stereotypes like the Welfare Queen. While food assistance helps raise households out of poverty, work requirements do not. Instead, they lead to greater food... |
2020 |
| Erin Mette |
A CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO SAFE, AFFORDABLE, ACCESSIBLE DRINKING WATER |
32 Tulane Environmental Law Journal 189 (Summer, 2019) |
I. Introduction. 189 II. Background. 190 A. In re City of Detroit. 190 B. Boler v. Earley. 193 III. Analysis. 197 A. Violation of Substantive Due Process. 198 B. Violation of the Equal Protection Clause. 201 IV. Conclusion. 203 |
2019 |
| George S. Swan |
A WATERGATE LAWYER-HERO'S WORLD WAR II NAZI CAMPS-RESPONSE: A CHESTERFIELD H. SMITH-CENTENARY REAPPRECIATION |
11 Elon Law Review 137 (2019) |
I. Introduction. 139 A. Chesterfield Harvey Smith, Senior: Watergate Lawyer-Hero. 139 B. Chesterfield Harvey Smith, Senior: Second World War Hero. 141 II. The Saturday Night Massacre, and its Aftermath. 143 A. The Fever in America: October 1973. 143 B. The Climate in America: 1995-2003. 146 III. Five Liberated Nazi Camp Warstories. 148 A. The Smith... |
2019 |
| Dunia P. Zongwe |
AFRICA CAN DRUM UP LARGE INFRASTRUCTURE DEALS WITH FOOD |
34 American University International Law Review 637 (2019) |
I. INTRODUCTION. 637 II. ARGUMENT FOR THE MAIN PROPOSITION. 640 III. THE BUI DAM SCENARIO. 641 IV. THE BACKSTORY. 644 V. COMPLICATIONS. 657 VI. UPSHOT OF WHAT IS PROVEN. 662 VII. POLICY IMPLICATIONS. 668 |
2019 |
| Charlotte E. Blattner , Odile Ammann |
AGRICULTURAL EXCEPTIONALISM AND INDUSTRIAL ANIMAL FOOD PRODUCTION: EXPLORING THE HUMAN RIGHTS NEXUS |
15 Journal of Food Law & Policy 92 (Fall, 2019) |
The host of negative effects of animal agriculture on the immediate environment, workers, and local communities are well-documented, yet little is known about the global repercussions of animal agriculture, especially on human rights guarantees. This contribution attempts to begin filling this soaring gap. It examines the nexus between industrial... |
2019 |
| Walter G. Johnson, M.S.T.P. |
BLOCKCHAIN MEETS GENOMICS: GOVERNANCE CONSIDERATIONS FOR PROMOTING FOOD SAFETY AND PUBLIC HEALTH |
15 Journal of Food Law & Policy 74 (Spring, 2019) |
Foodborne illness remains an ongoing public health challenge in both the developing and industrialized worlds. In the United States, almost 50 million reported cases of infectious disease occur every year from a food product, resulting in substantial morbidity and mortality with economic burdens to health care and productivity. Despite recognition... |
2019 |
| Robert W. Adler |
COEVOLUTION OF LAW AND SCIENCE: A CLEAN WATER ACT CASE STUDY |
44 Columbia Journal of Environmental Law 1 (January 17, 2019) |
I. Introduction. 2 A. Science and Regulation. 2 B. Competing Models of Science and Regulation. 5 II. The Role of Biological Water Quality Criteria (Biocriteria) in the Clean Water Act. 10 A. The Statutory Background. 10 1. CWA Statutory Objective and Subsidiary Goals. 11 2. The Qualified Discharge Ban. 12 B. Water Quality Standards. 15 1. Water... |
2019 |
| Heather McLeod-Kilmurray |
DOES THE RULE OF ECOLOGICAL LAW DEMAND VEGANISM?: ECOLOGICAL LAW, INTERSPECIES JUSTICE, AND THE GLOBAL FOOD SYSTEM |
43 Vermont Law Review 455 (Spring, 2019) |
Introduction. 455 I. Defining Ecological Law and the Global (Animal) Food System. 458 II. Does Ecological Law Require Interspecies Justice?. 464 III. Does Interspecies Justice Demand (Human) Veganism?. 465 IV. Would Ending or Reducing Industrial Animal Agriculture Enhance or Challenge Inter- and Intragenerational Human Justice? The 10 Features... |
2019 |
| Shreya Ahluwalia |
FOOD AID TO THE DEVELOPING WORLD: THE SUBVERSIVE EFFECTS OF MODERN-DAY NEO-COLONIALISM |
9 Seattle Journal of Environmental Law 357 (2019) |
I. Introduction. 358 II. Thesis. 360 III. Roadmap. 364 IV. Setting Up the Issue of Food Aid. 365 V. The Concept of Environmental Racism. 366 VI. Introduction to Food Aid Policy in the United States Throughout History. 367 VII. The Modern Era of Food Aid. 368 A. Neo-Colonialism and the Cold War. 371 B. The Food For Peace Program. 374 C. A Brief Case... |
2019 |
| Kelly Nuckolls |
HOW DEMOCRATIC IS OUR FOOD SYSTEM? BRIEF REFLECTIONS ON THE STATE OF FOOD DEMOCRACY IN THE UNITED STATES |
24 Drake Journal of Agricultural Law 231 (Summer, 2019) |
Sustainability is not something somebody else does for us--it is something we choose in the decisions we make and the foods we eat. - Neil Hamilton I. Introduction. 232 II. Food Democracy Trends in United States Agricultural Law and Policy. 234 A. Engagement. 234 B. Inclusion and Representation. 234 C. Opportunity to Make a Decision. 235 D.... |
2019 |
| Dr. Frankie Griffin, M.D., J.D. |
SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH AND THE LAW: MUNICIPALITIES' SUPERSONIC WATER BILLING CYCLES ENDANGER ARKANSANS' HEALTH |
54-WTR Arkansas Lawyer 40 (Winter, 2019) |
Imagine arriving home from Arkansas Children's Hospital (ACH) on a Saturday afternoon with your child fresh from a major heart surgery requiring access to water for urgent hydration, postoperative wound care, and toileting, only to find that your family's water had been shut off without your knowledge while you were at ACH with your child--even... |
2019 |
| Jeanne M. Woods , Sarah M. Lambert |
THE COLLAPSE OF DEMOCRACY: THE FLINT WATER CRISIS FROM A HUMAN RIGHTS PERSPECTIVE |
20 Loyola Journal of Public Interest Law 177 (Spring, 2019) |
INTRODUCTION A. The Disenfranchisement B. The Water Crisis I. The Treaty Obligations of the United States: The Right to Democracy A. The Inter-American System B. The ICCPR II. Regional Customary Law III. Other Human Rights Abridged by the Violation of the Right to Democracy IV. Evolutive Human Rights Law: Analyzing the Flint Water Crisis in the... |
2019 |
| Jessica Owley , Amy Wilson Morris |
THE NEW AGRICULTURE: FROM FOOD FARMS TO SOLAR FARMS |
44 Columbia Journal of Environmental Law 409 (2019) |
Introduction. 411 I. The Push for Solar and the Need for Renewables. 417 II. Farmland Protection in California. 423 A. Farmland Mapping and Monitoring Program (FMMP). 427 B. Williamson Act of 1965. 428 1. Williamson Act Basics. 428 2. The Williamson Act and Solar Development. 436 a. Nonrenewal. 437 b. Compatibility. 438 c. Cancellation. 441 d.... |
2019 |
| Emily M. Broad Leib, Margot J. Pollans |
THE NEW FOOD SAFETY |
107 California Law Review 1173 (August, 2019) |
A safe food supply is essential for a healthy society. Our food system is replete with different types of risk, yet food safety is often narrowly understood as encompassing only foodborne illness and other risks related directly to food ingestion. This Article argues for a more comprehensive definition of food safety, one that includes not just... |
2019 |
| Leigh S. Barton |
WATER IS POWER: AN ANALYSIS OF CITIES' POWER TO PROCURE MUNICIPAL WATER SUPPLIES |
42-SPG Environs Environmental Law and Policy Journal 95 (Spring, 2019) |
How powerful are U.S. cities? This question forms the basis of a massive debate in the urban law and policy field. Some believe that cities are, or at least have the potential to be, extremely powerful. Others believe that cities are completely powerless. This paper seeks to contribute towards the assertion that cities are in fact powerful.... |
2019 |
| Chan Tov McNamarah |
WHITE CALLER CRIME: RACIALIZED POLICE COMMUNICATION AND EXISTING WHILE BLACK |
24 Michigan Journal of Race and Law 335 (Spring, 2019) |
Over the past year, reports to the police about Black persons engaged in innocuous behaviors have bombarded the American consciousness. What do we make of them? And, equally important, what are the consequences of such reports? This Article is the first to argue that the recent spike in calls to the police against Black persons who are simply... |
2019 |
| Andrew R. Highsmith |
A POISONOUS HARVEST: RACE, INEQUALITY, AND THE LONG HISTORY OF THE FLINT WATER CRISIS |
18 Journal of Law in Society 121 (Fall, 2018) |
Table of Contents Abstract. 121 I. Introduction. 122 II. A Segregated Metropolis. 126 III. Deindustrialization and Metropolitan Fragmentation. 131 IV. STARVING THE CITY. 136 V. Conclusion. 139 |
2018 |
| Jonathan Brown |
BEYOND CORPORATE FORM: A RESPONSE TO DAN DEPASQUALE, SURBHI SARANG, AND NATALIE BUMP VENA'S FORGING FOOD JUSTICE THROUGH COOPERATIVES IN NEW YORK CITY |
45 Fordham Urban Law Journal 1121 (May, 2018) |
Introduction. 1121 I. Distinguishing and Categorizing Policy Objectives and Types of Cooperatives. 1122 II. The Limitations of Legal Forms. 1124 A. New York Cooperative Corporation Law. 1125 B. The Risk of Making Policy Based on Cooperatives as a Legal Form. 1127 III. Beyond Cooperatives: The Role of Other Enterprise Models. 1130 A. The Unique... |
2018 |
| Camille Pannu |
BRIDGING THE SAFE DRINKING WATER GAP FOR CALIFORNIA'S RURAL POOR |
24 Hastings Environmental Law Journal 253 (Summer, 2018) |
Spurred by decades of inaction and continued exposure to unsafe drinking water, community leaders from California's disadvantaged communities (DACs) advocated for the creation of a human right to water under state law. Shortly thereafter, the California Legislature put forward a bond to finance much needed water infrastructure improvements and... |
2018 |
| Tamar Meshel |
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE IN THE UNITED STATES: THE HUMAN RIGHT TO WATER |
8 Washington Journal of Environmental Law & Policy 264 (July, 2018) |
Many low-income communities, communities of color, and indigenous communities in the United States are suffering from unequal access to safe and affordable water. This is partially the result of an ineffective and fragmented legal framework governing water issues in the country. In addition, the notion of a human right to water and sanitation,... |
2018 |