| Author | Title | Citation | Summary | Year |
| Sara Gonzalez-Rothi Kronenthal |
THE RIPPLE EFFECT: HOW A LAWSUIT SEEKING CLEANER WATER MAY BE BACKFIRING |
3 LSU Journal of Energy Law & Resources 1 (Fall, 2014) |
Success in litigation requires more than a favorable order. For parties to achieve a desired outcome, forces outside the courtroom must not interfere with the legal victory. In 2009, conservation groups succeeded in negotiating a settlement that, on its face, seemed to promise cleaner water in Florida. However, a ripple of social and political... |
2014 |
| Craig Anthony (Tony) Arnold , Olivia Odom Green , Daniel DeCaro , Alexandra Chase , Jennifer-Grace Ewa |
THE SOCIAL-ECOLOGICAL RESILIENCE OF AN EASTERN URBAN-SUBURBAN WATERSHED: THE ANACOSTIA RIVER BASIN |
51 Idaho Law Review 29 (2014) |
C1-2TABLE OF CONTENTS I. INTRODUCTION. 30 II. INSTITUTIONAL-SOCIAL-ECOLOGICAL CHANGE IN THE ANACOSTIA RIVER WATERSHED. 36 A. The Watershed and Its Characteristics. 36 B. Transitions Across Thresholds: The History of Systemic Change in the Watershed. 40 1. Drivers of Change. 40 2. Transformations of the Watershed. 45 III. ASSESSING RESILIENCE. 69 A.... |
2014 |
| Amy Hardberger |
WATER IS A GIRL'S BEST FRIEND: EXAMINING THE WATER VALUATION DILEMMA |
62 University of Kansas Law Review 893 (May, 2014) |
When the well is dry, we know the worth of water. . . . . Only what is rare is valuable, and water, which is the best of all things . . . is also the cheapest. These two quotes personify the current challenge facing water sustainability and the role of markets. Reflected in these words is a traditional economic model of supply and demand and... |
2014 |
| Cameryn Rivera |
A FRESHER LAW: AMENDING THE FLORIDA RIGHT TO FARM ACT TO INCLUDE URBAN MICRO FARMING AS A KEY INITIATIVE TO PROMOTE SUSTAINABILITY, FOOD ACCESS, AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE FOR LOW-INCOME COMMUNITIES |
8 Florida A & M University Law Review 385 (Spring, 2013) |
Introduction. 386 I. The History and Evolution of Urban Micro Farming: From Victory Gardens to Big City Farms. 388 II. Food Policy Concerns in Florida. 395 A. Tallahassee: Maintaining Sustainable Principles. 396 B. Jacksonville: The Necessity of Food Security. 397 C. Orlando: The Negative Impacts of Food Injustice. 401 III. The Florida Right To... |
2013 |
| Michelle Bryan Mudd |
A NEXT, BIG STEP FOR THE WEST: USING MODEL LEGISLATION TO CREATE A WATER-CLIMATE ELEMENT IN LOCAL COMPREHENSIVE PLANS |
3 Washington Journal of Environmental Law & Policy 1 (June, 2013) |
Since it touches all we do and experience, water creates a language through which we may discuss our common future. The West is witnessing early, important efforts to join water supply and land use planning, and the reality of climate change makes this convergence all the more critical. Local comprehensive planning presents itself as an... |
2013 |
| Scott McKenzie |
A RIVER RUNS THROUGH IT: THE FUTURE OF THE COLUMBIA RIVER TREATY, WATER RIGHTS, DEVELOPMENT, AND CLIMATE CHANGE |
29 Georgia State University Law Review 921 (Summer, 2013) |
C1-3Table of Contents L1-2Introduction . L3922 I. Physical And Political History Of The Columbia River Basin And Treaty. 923 A. Early History Of The River And Basin. 924 B. The Columbia River Treaty: Creation, Management, And Impacts. 928 II. Governance Issues: Theoretical And Practical. 932 A. Western Water Law And Development. 933 B. Competing... |
2013 |
| Emily M. Broad Leib |
ALL (FOOD) POLITICS IS LOCAL: INCREASING FOOD ACCESS THROUGH LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACTION |
7 Harvard Law & Policy Review 321 (Summer 2013) |
Our national and international food system has implications for a wide range of issues that are important across the political spectrum and include improving health outcomes, reducing environmental impacts, increasing social justice, fostering economic development, and even improving homeland security. This article focuses on healthy-food access,... |
2013 |
| Rebecca L. Goldberg |
NO SUCH THING AS A FREE LUNCH: PATERNALISM, POVERTY, AND FOOD JUSTICE |
24 Stanford Law and Policy Review 35 (2013) |
Two recent, controversial policy initiatives have revealed conflicts among three groups that take an interest in the eating habits of the poor: anti-hunger advocates, anti-obesity advocates, and food justice advocates. These initiatives--Los Angeles's zoning ordinance banning new fast food restaurants in one low-income neighborhood and New York... |
2013 |
| Eve Kerber |
SECURING FOOD JUSTICE, SOVEREIGNTY & SUSTAINABILITY IN THE FACE OF THE FOOD SAFETY MODERNIZATION ACT (FSMA) |
11 Seattle Journal for Social Justice 1271 (Spring, 2013) |
The laws we write, the goals we pursue, and the choices we make determine the health of the food system we create. Food sovereignty and sustainability are not ideas that legislation enacts for us--they are ideas we must demand through processes that consider the public's opinions. This article suggests that the public should utilize the... |
2013 |
| Emily Broad Leib |
THE FORGOTTEN HALF OF FOOD SYSTEM REFORM: USING FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL LAW TO FOSTER HEALTHY FOOD PRODUCTION |
9 Journal of Food Law & Policy 17 (Spring 2013) |
I. Introduction. 18 II. Background: The Food System and the Obesity Crisis. 20 III. Two Main Responses. 25 A . Option 1: Reforming the Industrial System. 26 B . Option 2: Improving Viability of the Alternative Food System. 31 1. Demand for Healthy Food is Increasing, yet too little of Our current production focuses on specialty crops. 34 2.... |
2013 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Andrea Freeman |
THE UNBEARABLE WHITENESS OF MILK: FOOD OPPRESSION AND THE USDA |
3 UC Irvine Law Review 1251 (December, 2013) |
Introduction. 1251 I. Food Oppression. 1254 II. Milk Does a Body Good?. 1257 III. Structural and Cultural Analysis of the USDA's Promotion of the Dairy Industry. 1263 A. Structural Analysis. 1263 1. Challenges Facing the USDA as a Multi-Role Agency. 1263 2. Federal Dietary Guidelines. 1264 3. Distribution. 1266 B. Cultural Analysis. 1268 1.... |
2013 |
| 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 |
| Katherine Pratt |
A CONSTRUCTIVE CRITIQUE OF PUBLIC HEALTH ARGUMENTS FOR ANTIOBESITY SODA TAXES AND FOOD TAXES |
87 Tulane Law Review 73 (November, 2012) |
This Article constructively critiques the two arguments that public health advocates have made in support of antiobesity soda taxes or junk food taxes. Part II discusses and critiques the first argument, an economic externalities argument that government should tax soda or junk food to internalize the disproportionately high health care costs of... |
2012 |
| Angelica I. Ambrose |
A NATIONAL SCHOOL GARDEN PROGRAM: A HOLISTIC AND SUSTAINABLE APPROACH TO COMBATING FOOD DESERTS |
21 San Joaquin Agricultural Law Review 51 (2011-2012) |
A family walks into a brand new grocery store in its neighborhood, the first large supermarket that has been close to home in years. The supermarket recently opened this location as a result of government incentives meant to bring fresh, affordable produce into neighborhoods where it was previously absent. Because affordable fresh fruits and... |
2012 |
| Aaron Sternick |
FOOD FIGHT: THE IMPENDING AGRICULTURAL CRISIS AND A REASONABLE RESPONSE TO PRICE VOLATILITY |
23 Villanova Environmental Law Journal 145 (2012) |
Like storefront windows during the recent Algerian food riots, surging food prices may soon shatter the global food economy. The hunger-fueled turmoil has spilled into international politics with decades-strong regimes toppling one by one. Meanwhile, in America, third-world food riots appear to be nothing more than the usual struggle between... |
2012 |
| George Klidonas , Keith R. Murphy , Baker Hostetler, New York, Baker Hostetler, New York |
JUDICIAL ESTOPPEL REVISITED |
31-JUN American Bankruptcy Institute Journal 18 (June, 2012) |
Judicial estoppel is an issue that has been heavily litigated and the subject of recent decisions in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. Judicial estoppel is an equitable doctrine used by courts to prevent a litigant from asserting a legal position in a proceeding that is inconsistent with that litigant's position in a prior... |
2012 |
| Kate Meals |
NURTURING THE SEEDS OF FOOD JUSTICE: UNEARTHING THE IMPACT OF INSTITUTIONALIZED RACISM ON ACCESS TO HEALTHY FOOD IN URBAN AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITIES |
15 Scholar: St. Mary's Law Review on Race and Social Justice 97 (2012) |
I. Introduction. 98 II. Background. 103 A. Who are the Hungry?. 104 B. Enter Food Justice: A Community Movement for Change. 111 III. No Right to Food in the United States?. 114 IV. Urban Communities. 116 A. White Flight: A Brief History of Segregation and Ghettoization. 116 B. Grocery Stores Leave Urban Areas. 120 1. Transportation Barriers. 121 2.... |
2012 |
| Keith Aoki , John Shuford , Esmeralda Soria , Emilio Camacho |
PASTURES OF PEONAGE?: TRACING THE FEEDBACK LOOP OF FOOD THROUGH IP, GMOS, TRADE, IMMIGRATION, AND U.S. AGRO-MAQUILAS |
4 Northeastern University Law Journal 1 (Spring, 2012) |
I. Introduction II. The Rise of Global Agribusiness and GMOs A. Agrichemical Farming and IP Protection for GE Food Crops and PGR B. Industrialization and Concentration of Farming and Food Transport, Processing, and Sales III. Economic Globalization and Labor Migration in North America A. Globalization of Finance and Trade: Effects on Mexico's... |
2012 |
| Louis J. Kotzé , Rebecca Bates |
SIMILAR BUT DIFFERENT: COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVES ON ACCESS TO WATER IN AUSTRALIA AND SOUTH AFRICA |
15 University of Denver Water Law Review 221 (Spring 2012) |
I. Introduction. 222 II. Grounding the Comparative Approach. 223 III. Focus, Key Terminology, and Assumptions. 226 IV. Environmental and Hydro-political Contexts. 228 A. South Africa. 228 B. Australia. 232 V. The Regulatory Frameworks. 235 A. South Africa. 235 1. Policy Framework. 235 2. Constitutional Provisions. 236 3. Statutory Framework. 239 4.... |
2012 |
| Jada J. Fehn |
THE ASSAULT ON BAD FOOD: TOBACCO-STYLE LITIGATION AS AN ELEMENT OF THE COMPREHENSIVE SCHEME TO FIGHT OBESITY |
67 Food & Drug Law Journal 65 (2012) |
When Vanessa Castillo was just 14 years old, she was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes. Like low-income neighborhoods all over the country, the uptown neighborhood in New York where Castillo lives is disproportionately affected by the disease. One of the major challenges facing those like Castillo is access to healthy food. Food deserts, urban core... |
2012 |
| Tom I. Romero, II J.D., PH.D. |
THE COLOR OF WATER: OBSERVATIONS OF A BROWN BUFFALO ON WATER LAW AND POLICY IN TEN STANZAS |
15 University of Denver Water Law Review 329 (Spring 2012) |
Prologue: The Brown Buffalo Awakens. 330 I. Stanza I. 335 II. Stanzas II and III. 339 III. Stanzas IV and V. 348 IV. Stanzas VI and VII. 354 V. Stanzas VIII and IX. 360 VI. Stanza X. 362 Conclusion: The Brown Buffalo Blue. 366 |
2012 |
| Baylen J. Linnekin , Jeffrey Dermer , Matthew Geller |
THE NEW FOOD TRUCK ADVOCACY: SOCIAL MEDIA, MOBILE FOOD VENDING ASSOCIATIONS, TRUCK LOTS, & LITIGATION IN CALIFORNIA & BEYOND |
17 Nexus: Chapman's Journal of Law & Policy 35 (2011-2012) |
Street vending is one of the world's oldest professions. Food is and always has been one of the most popular items offered for sale by vendors. In America, food has been sold on the streets since well before the birth of the nation. In many ways the practice of setting up a stationary stall on the side of a road or in a public square or market for... |
2012 |
| Cameron Jefferies |
UNCONVENTIONAL BRIDGES OVER TROUBLED WATER - LESSONS TO BE LEARNED FROM THE CANADIAN OIL SANDS AS THE UNITED STATES MOVES TO DEVELOP THE NATURAL GAS OF THE MARCELLUS SHALE PLAY |
33 Energy Law Journal 75 (2012) |
I. Introduction. 76 II. The Emergence of Unconventional Fossil Fuel Sources. 78 A. Present Reliance on Fossil Fuel Energy and Forecasted Energy Needs. 78 B. Energy Security and Self-Sufficiency. 80 C. Interaction with Water Resources. 81 III. Understanding Unconventional Fuels. 82 A. The Canadian Oil Sands. 82 1. What Are the Oil Sands and How Are... |
2012 |
| Melissa D. Mortazavi |
ARE FOOD SUBSIDIES MAKING OUR KIDS FAT? TENSIONS BETWEEN THE HEALTHY HUNGER-FREE KIDS ACT AND THE FARM BILL |
68 Washington and Lee Law Review 1699 (Fall, 2011) |
On December 15, 2010, President Obama signed the Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 (HHFKA) into law. It was hailed as a bipartisan success and a significant reform of childhood nutrition policy. Indeed, on its surface the law appears to make a significant shift away from the food paradigm of the past. However, upon closer examination, it fails... |
2011 |
| Keith Schneider , Jennifer L. Turner , Aaron Jaffe , Nadya Ivanova |
CHOKE POINT CHINA: CONFRONTING WATER SCARCITY AND ENERGY DEMAND IN THE WORLD'S LARGEST COUNTRY |
12 Vermont Journal of Environmental Law 713 (Spring, 2011) |
Introduction .. 714 I. Growth Versus Water Resources. 715 A. Ruinous Confrontation?. 715 B. Choke Points Do Not Slow Rapid GDP Growth Goals. 718 II. Evading Water and Energy Choke Points for Now. 718 A. Ambitious Water Conservation Measures. 718 B. Energy Conservation Equals Water Conservation. 720 III. Unrivaled Plans to Move Water to Tap Coal... |
2011 |
| Thomas P. Ziehnert |
FOOD DESERTS: IS THE LET'S MOVE CAMPAIGN AN OASIS FOR THE URBAN MINORITY COMMUNITY? |
7 Modern American 22 (Fall, 2011) |
I work, sometimes three and four jobs, and I still get SNAP assistance. I finally got one job that has reduced my need for assistance from $450.00 a month to $60.00 a month. But the fact is, that when it comes to access[ing] quality, healthy food in my community on my income, it is still almost impossible. The barriers are staggering--whether it's... |
2011 |
| Christopher J. Curran , Marc-Tizoc González |
FOOD JUSTICE AS INTERRACIAL JUSTICE: URBAN FARMERS, COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS AND THE ROLE OF GOVERNMENT IN OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA |
43 University of Miami Inter-American Law Review 207 (Fall 2011) |
Urban farming may be the latest evolution in the long struggle for interracial justice in Oakland, California. This broad movement for food justice has arisen due to a depending community health crisis; communities of color have long faced disproportionate rates of cancer, diabetes, and illnesses associated with lack of access to nutritious food... |
2011 |
| Rose Francis, Laurel Firestone |
IMPLEMENTING THE HUMAN RIGHT TO WATER IN CALIFORNIA'S CENTRAL VALLEY: BUILDING A DEMOCRATIC VOICE THROUGH COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IN WATER POLICY DECISION MAKING |
47 Willamette Law Review 495 (Spring 2011) |
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND HUMAN RIGHTS Consider this: even one of the wealthiest states in the wealthiest nation on the planet has not fully implemented the human right to water. This state is California, a place which holds a special position in our collective consciousness as the land of milk and honey, producing... |
2011 |
| A. Bryan Endres , Nicholas R. Johnson |
INTEGRATING STAKEHOLDER ROLES IN FOOD PRODUCTION, MARKETING, AND SAFETY SYSTEMS: AN EVOLVING MULTI-JURISDICTIONAL APPROACH |
26 Journal of Environmental Law & Litigation 29 (2011) |
I. Developing a Safe Food Production System: A Patchwork Quilt. 39 II. Leafy Greens: Nutrient-Dense Foods with Potentially Deadly Consequences. 46 A. Leafy Greens--A Blossoming Market. 46 B. Food Safety in Leafy Greens Leaves Much To Be Desired. 50 C. Food Safety as Perceived by Consumers: Standards and Brands. 55 D. The FDA's Efforts to Address... |
2011 |
| Ndiva Kofele-Kale , Fausto Mendanha Gonzaga |
INTERNATIONAL LAW AND DOMESTIC LEGISLATION IN THE SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT OF TRANSBOUNDARY WATERCOURSES: THE CASE OF THE AMAZON RIVER BASIN |
26 Journal of Environmental Law & Litigation 147 (2011) |
I. International Environmental Law. 151 A. A Brief Overview of Transboundary Watercourse Law. 151 1. Traditional Doctrines on Transboundary Watercourses. 152 a. The Harmon Doctrine of Absolute Territorial Sovereignty. 152 b. The Doctrine of Absolute Territorial Integrity. 153 c. The Doctrine of Limited Territorial Sovereignty and Integrity. 154 d.... |
2011 |
| Ernesto Hernández-López |
LA'S TACO TRUCK WAR: HOW LAW COOKS FOOD CULTURE CONTESTS |
43 University of Miami Inter-American Law Review 233 (Fall 2011) |
In 2008, a Taco Truck War broke out in Los Angeles (LA), California between local authorities, food trucks and loyal customers. National and local media picked at the story after the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors passed new regulations, which promised to severely restrict food trucks, referred to as loncheros or taco trucks, in East... |
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 |
| 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 |
| Derrick Howard |
THE APPEARANCE OF SOLIDITY: LEGAL IMPLEMENTATION OF THE HUMAN RIGHT TO WATER IN THE UNITED STATES |
11 Appalachian Journal of Law 123 (Winter 2011) |
George Orwell once noted that [p]olitical language . . . is designed . . . to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind. One cannot change this all in a moment, but one can at least change one's own habits. You need not be cynical to agree that this premise is reflected in various facets of American society, particularly when disputes arise... |
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 |
| ©Nancy Ehrenreich, Beth Lyon |
THE GLOBAL POLITICS OF FOOD: A CRITICAL OVERVIEW |
43 University of Miami Inter-American Law Review 1 (Fall 2011) |
Like many other arenas of life, the world of food is a world of politics and power. Inequalities of power and privilege across the globe affect who has access to food and who does not, who controls its production and who is harmed by that production, how consumptive choices are constructed and constrained, and whether eating is seen as a complex,... |
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 |
| 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 |
| Carmela Murdocca |
"THERE IS SOMETHING IN THAT WATER": RACE, NATIONALISM, AND LEGAL VIOLENCE |
35 Law and Social Inquiry 369 (Spring, 2010) |
This article analyzes the issue of water contamination in Kashechewan, Ontario, Canada. Through an inquiry into the way in which water contamination in one Aboriginal community was handled by the local and federal governments, this article examines processes of ongoing colonialism in Canada. Drawing on an array of sources, this article explores... |
2010 |
| Reed D. Benson |
A BRIGHT IDEA FROM THE BLACK CANYON: FEDERAL JUDICIAL REVIEW OF RESERVED WATER RIGHT SETTLEMENTS |
13 University of Denver Water Law Review 229 (Spring 2010) |
INTRODUCTION. 230 I. WINTERS AND MCCARRAN: FEDERAL CLAIMS, STATE COURTS. 232 A. Reserved Rights Jurisdiction. 232 B. Reserved Right Litigation and Settlement in State Courts. 234 II. THE BLACK CANYON RESERVED WATER RIGHTS CONTROVERSY. 238 A. The Black Canyon and its Reserved Water Rights. 238 B. Cutting The Claim: A Partial Federal-State... |
2010 |
| Jodi Schuette Green |
CHEESEBURGER IN PARADISE? AN ANALYSIS OF HOW NEW YORK STATE RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION V. NEW YORK CITY BOARD OF HEALTH MAY REFORM OUR FAST FOOD NATION |
59 DePaul Law Review 733 (Winter 2010) |
[P]eople should know what lies behind the shiny, happy surface of every fast food transaction. They should know what really lurks between those sesame-seed buns. As the old saying goes: You are what you eat. . . . [T]hink about it. Then place your order. Or turn and walk out the door. It's not too late. Even in this fast food nation, you can still... |
2010 |
| Mariana Chilton, Jenny Rabinowich |
ENDING CHILDHOOD HUNGER IN AMERICA |
37-WTR Human Rights 14 (Winter, 2010) |
Preventing child hunger is possible; so is ending it. When compared to developing countries, where a child dies every five seconds of malnutrition, it may seem like the United States has no hunger problem worth mentioning. But just because hunger is not as visible in this country does not mean that there is no problem: The more than 17 million... |
2010 |
| Bekah Mandell |
FEASTS OF OZ: CLASS, FOOD, AND THE RISE OF GLOBAL CAPITALISM |
20 Southern California Interdisciplinary Law Journal 93 (Fall 2010) |
In many ways, the Land of Oz in L. Frank Baum's books is a utopian world apart and unencumbered by the unfulfilled wants and desires of capitalism, a world in which: Every one worked half the time and played half the time, and the people enjoyed the work as much as they did the play, because it is good to be occupied and to have something to do.... |
2010 |
| A. Dan Tarlock |
FOUR CHALLENGES FOR INTERNATIONAL WATER LAW |
23 Tulane Environmental Law Journal 369 (Summer 2010) |
I. Introduction: Scarcity, Unilateral Action, Climate Change, Environmental Degradation, and Social Inequity: A Recipe for Regional Conflict?. 370 II. International Water Law: Fair Distribution Versus Unilateral Action To Dam and Divert. 372 III. Large Dams, Large Problems. 378 IV. Global Climate Change. 380 V. The Subordination of Aquatic... |
2010 |
| Sharmila L. Murthy |
IRAQ'S CONSTITUTIONAL MANDATE TO JUSTLY DISTRIBUTE WATER: THE IMPLICATIONS OF FEDERALISM, ISLAM, INTERNATIONAL LAW AND HUMAN RIGHTS |
42 George Washington International Law Review 749 (2010) |
With the impending water crisis in Iraq as a backdrop, this Article examines the implications of Iraq's constitutional mandate to ensure the just distribution of water. In 2005, Iraq adopted a new Constitution with a federal structure intended to balance power between its Shia, Sunni and Kurdish communities. Water is a unique case study for... |
2010 |