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Heather J. Tanana, Elisabeth Paxton Parker THE UNFULFILLED PROMISE OF INDIAN WATER RIGHTS SETTLEMENTS 37-FALL Natural Resources & Environment 12 (Fall, 2022) When the Ute Bands signed the treaty establishing the Ute Reservation in 1868, the United States promised the Ute people that the Reservation would be a permanent home that would support our people forever. The key to carrying out that promise is water--a fact that the Tribal leadership has always known but which the United States has sometimes... 2022
Dr. Katharine M. Broton, Charlotte Lenkaitis, Sarah Henry UNIVERSITIES AS PRODUCERS, MANAGERS, AND OPPONENTS OF POVERTY: THE CASE OF FOOD INSECURITY ON CAMPUS 29 Georgetown Journal on Poverty Law and Policy 337 (Spring, 2022) Given growing awareness of and actions to address food insecurity challenges in higher education, this paper is a response to the Georgetown Journal on Poverty Law and Policy 2022 Symposium call to examine universities as producers, managers, and opponents of poverty. Bringing together the unique perspectives of a faculty scholar and two recent... 2022
Rebecca Glenn UNREALIZED FEDERAL INDIAN WATER RIGHTS ON THE COLORADO RIVER: AN OPPORTUNITY FOR EQUITY AND CONSERVATION 25 University of Denver Water Law Review 287 (Spring, 2022) I. Introduction. 288 II. The Law of the River. 290 A. A Brief History. 290 B. The Drought. 292 III. Federal Indian Water Rights on the Colorado River. 294 A. A Brief History of Federal Indian Reserved Water Rights, Generally. 294 B. Federal Indian Water Rights Settlements and Adjudications on the Colorado River. 297 1. The Colorado Ute Indian Water... 2022
Timothy D. Lytton USING INSURANCE TO REGULATE FOOD SAFETY: FIELD NOTES FROM THE FRESH PRODUCE SECTOR 52 New Mexico Law Review 282 (Summer, 2022) Foodborne illness is a public health problem of pandemic proportions. In the United States alone, contaminated food sickens an estimated 48 million consumers annually, causing 128,000 hospitalizations and 3,000 deaths. Nowhere is this crisis more acute than in the fresh produce sector, where microbial contamination in growing fields and packing... 2022
Travis Brammer USING LAND AND WATER CONSERVATION FUND MONEY TO PROTECT WESTERN MIGRATION CORRIDORS 22 Wyoming Law Review 61 (2022) I. Introduction. 62 II. Background. 63 A. Importance of Migration Corridors. 64 B. Threats to Migration Corridors. 71 C. The Land and Water Conservation Fund. 74 III. Migration Corridor Conservation Funding. 77 A. Existing Efforts to Protect Migration Corridors. 78 B. Need for Additional Federal Funding. 83 IV. Using LWCF Money. 84 A. LWCF Funding... 2022
Michael C. Blumm , Michael Benjamin Smith WALKER LAKE AND THE PUBLIC TRUST IN NEVADA'S WATERS 40 Virginia Environmental Law Journal 1 (2022) The public expects this unique natural resource to be preserved and for all of us to always be able to marvel at this massive glittering body of water lying majestically in the midst of a dry mountainous desert. --Justice Robert Rose Walker Lake, a terminal desert lake in western Nevada's Mineral County was once home to a thriving trout fishery... 2022
Abigail R. Brown WATER JUSTICE UNDER THE BIG SKY: LOCATING A HUMAN RIGHT TO WATER IN MONTANA LAW 45 Public Land & Resources Law Review 41 (2022) I. Introduction. 42 II. Background: Water Scarcity in Montana's Communities. 44 III. Montana's Prior Appropriation Doctrine and Domestic Preference. 49 A. Prior Appropriation in Montana. 49 B. Domestic Preference: An Exception to the Rule of Priority. 52 C Montana's Legal Authority to Recognize a Domestic Preference: Reconsidering Mettler. 54 IV. A... 2022
Richard A. Monette WATER LAW IN NATIVE NATION TERRITORIES 95-OCT Wisconsin Lawyer 10 (October, 2022) Maintaining access to sufficient clean water sometimes requires resort to the legal system. Determining rights to water on Indian land is a special exercise in choice of laws, jurisdiction, and balance of competing policies and cultures. Indian water rights law is complex, meandering through federal Indian law and several relatively distinct but... 2022
John A. Kolanz WHY COLORADO SHOULD EVALUATE CLEAN WATER ACT SECTION 404 PROGRAM ASSUMPTION 33 Colorado Environmental Law Journal 55 (Winter, 2022) C1-2Table of Contents Introduction. 56 I. Background. 57 II. Discussion. 59 A. Why Colorado Might Reach a Different Conclusion This Time Around. 59 1. Removal of Certain Barriers to State Section 404 Program Assumption. 59 a. The Assumable Waters Barrier. 60 b. The Endangered Species Act (ESA) Barrier. 65 c. The Program Administration Funding... 2022
Anne MacKinnon WYOMING WATER LAW GIVES STATE KEY ROLE THROUGH CHANGING TIMES 45-JUN Wyoming Lawyer 42 (June, 2022) Most people interested in water in Wyoming know the name of Elwood Mead, who as a young engineer in the 1880s wrote the core of water law promoted as a model for other states at the time. Mead adopted the common Western principle of prior appropriation, first in time, first in right, that provides that the earliest rights can get water first. But... 2022
Amanda Chan , Anna Nathanson "NOT FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION": PRISON FOOD'S ABSENT REGULATORY REGIME 29 William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal 1009 (May, 2021) Prison food is poor quality. The regulations which govern prison food are subpar and unenforceable by prisoners, due in large part to Sandin v. Conner and the Prison Litigation Reform Act. This Article aims to draw attention to the dire food conditions in prisons, explain the lax federal administrative law that permits these conditions, highlight... 2021
Margaret L. Satterthwaite ASSESSING THE RIGHTS TO WATER AND SANITATION: BETWEEN INSTITUTIONALIZATION AND RADICALIZATION 52 Georgetown Journal of International Law 315 (Winter, 2021) In the past two decades, the human rights to water and sanitation have emerged, matured, and taken their place at the center of discussions about rights, sustainable development, global health, and climate change. While there was early hope that these rights--especially the right to water--would provide a strong basis for rejecting the... 2021
George Rice COVID-19 & FOOD INSECURITY: HOW THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC HAS EXACERBATED FOOD INSECURITY AND WILL DISPROPORTIONALLY AFFECT LOW INCOME AND MINORITY GROUPS 21 University of Maryland Law Journal of Race, Religion, Gender and Class 160 (Spring, 2021) The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted several health disparities that exist between primarily White, affluent populations and low-income and minority communities. While diet-related health disparities have come to the forefront during the pandemic, they have existed for generations, and can be attributed, in part, to systemic inequality in food... 2021
Ellen Smith Yost CURBING A STEALTH HEALTH THREAT: REGULATION OF CHILD-DIRECTED "STEALTH" JUNK FOOD MARKETING 41 Journal of Legal Medicine 83 (January-June, 2021) C1-2Table of contents I. INTRODUCTION. 83 II. STEALTH MARKETING'S IMPACT ON CHILDREN'S JUNK FOOD CONSUMPTION. 84 III. CURBING CHILD-DIRECTED STEALTH MARKETING OF UNHEALTHY FOODS. 89 2021
Stephen Wilks DISTURBING THE MODERN PLANTATION: HOW COVID-19 IS REINFORCING THE FOOD SUPPLY CHAIN'S FUNCTION AS A SOCIAL SORTING TOOL 30 Cornell Journal of Law & Public Policy 539 (Spring, 2021) Overview. 540 I. The Position of Food Supply Chain Workers Within the US Economy. 546 A. Falling Unemployment Rates and Service Sector Job Growth. 546 B. An Overview of the US Food Supply Chain, Its Workers, and Their Earnings. 548 C. Occupational Hazard. 550 D. Law's Role in Forming the Relationships Between Workers, Pay, and Conditions. 551 II.... 2021
D'Andra Millsap Shu FOOD ALLERGY BULLYING AS DISABILITY HARASSMENT: HOLDING SCHOOLS ACCOUNTABLE 92 University of Colorado Law Review 1 (Winter, 2021) Millions of American schoolchildren of all ages suffer from food allergies, and increasingly, bullies target these children because of their allergies. If a bully exposes a victim to an allergen, food allergy bullying can sicken or kill within minutes. Food allergy bullying is already responsible for many hospitalizations and at least one death.... 2021
Ernesto Hernández-López FOOD OPPRESSION: LESSONS FROM SKIMMED FOR A PANDEMIC 57 California Western Law Review 243 (Spring, 2021) In her book, Skimmed: Breastfeeding, Race, and Injustice, Andrea Freeman powerfully illustrates how differences in circumstances shape the decisions Black and White mothers make to feed their infants. Skimmed explores an important topic, which surely impacts each person as newborns--breastfeeding. Specifically, the book presents how White privilege... 2021
Martha F. Davis FREEDOM FROM THIRST: A RIGHT TO BASIC HOUSEHOLD WATER 42 Cardozo Law Review 879 (June, 2021) C1-2Table of Contents Introduction. 879 I. A Fifth Freedom?. 887 II. Finding the Human Right to Water. 894 III. The Constitutional Right to Water Around the World. 900 IV. Constitutional Rights to Basic Water under United States Law. 904 Conclusion. 910 2021
Dr. Tomaso Ferrando GANGMASTERING PASSATA: MULTI-TERRITORIALITY OF THE FOOD SYSTEM AND THE LEGAL CONSTRUCTION OF CHEAP LABOR BEHIND THE GLOBALIZED ITALIAN TOMATO 14 FIU Law Review 521 (Spring, 2021) Italy is the second largest producer of tomatoes in the world after the United States, and it is often considered the homeland of this food. Yet, the Italian tomato is much more than Italian. If one considers the people, geography, regulations, and history behind the golden pome (pomo-d'oro in Italian), there is no other conclusion than it is... 2021
David B. Schorr HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL INFLUENCES IN COLONIAL LEGAL TRANSPLANTATION: WATER BY-LAWS IN BRITISH PALESTINE 61 American Journal of Legal History 308 (September, 2021) Local by-laws were the primary tool for local governments in British-ruled Palestine to exercise their authority, and water was the paradigmatic subject for local legislation. Looking at the diffusion of legal norms in local by-laws in the 1930s and 1940s, the article examines the dynamics of lawmaking in a context characterized both by imperial... 2021
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
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