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Environmental Law Goes Global: Taking Back Eden: Eight Environmental Cases That Changed The World, By Oliver A. Houck, Robert V. Percival Jan 2011

Environmental Law Goes Global: Taking Back Eden: Eight Environmental Cases That Changed The World, By Oliver A. Houck, Robert V. Percival

Faculty Scholarship

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Will The Cftc Defy Congress's Mandate To Stop Excessive Speculation In Commodity Markets And Aid And Abet Hyperinflation In World Food And Energy Prices: Analysis Of The Cftc's Proposed Rules On Speculative Position Limits, Michael Greenberger Jan 2011

Will The Cftc Defy Congress's Mandate To Stop Excessive Speculation In Commodity Markets And Aid And Abet Hyperinflation In World Food And Energy Prices: Analysis Of The Cftc's Proposed Rules On Speculative Position Limits, Michael Greenberger

Faculty Scholarship

On January 26, 2011, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission issued the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Position Limits for Derivatives pursuant to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. The proposed rules are designed to implement the historic Congressional mandate of the Commodity Exchange Act, as amended by Section 737 of the Dodd-Frank Act, to ban excessive speculation from the derivatives market, i.e., the speculation which exceeds the need for liquidity by commercial handlers hedging price risk in these markets. Section 737 is the result of multi-year consideration by Congress, during which a strong consensus was reached …


Constitutional Limitations On Land Use Controls, Environmental Regulations And Governmental Exactions (2011 Edition), Garrett Power Jan 2011

Constitutional Limitations On Land Use Controls, Environmental Regulations And Governmental Exactions (2011 Edition), Garrett Power

Faculty Scholarship

This electronic book is published in a searchable PDF format as a part of the E-scholarship Repository of the University of Maryland School of Law. It is an “open content” casebook intended for classroom use in courses in Land Use Control, Environmental Law and Constitutional Law. It consists of cases carefully selected from the two hundred years of American constitutional history which address the clash between public sovereignty and private property. It considers both the personal right to liberty and the personal right in property. The text consists of non-copyrighted material and readers are free to use it or re-mix …


China's "Green Leap Forward" Toward Global Environmental Leadership, Robert V. Percival Jan 2011

China's "Green Leap Forward" Toward Global Environmental Leadership, Robert V. Percival

Faculty Scholarship

This article argues that China may be on the verge of a “Green Leap Forward” that could make it a global environmental leader. This article argues that two principal forces have contributed to this development. First, Chinese officials now realize that a global shift away from fossil fuels will create enormous business opportunities on a global scale. Chinese companies are now making enormous strides in the development of green technology, such as solar power, wind energy, and electric cars, with the active assistance of the Chinese government. Second, realizing that climate change severely threatens China, and stung by the criticism …


Global Law And The Environment, Robert V. Percival Jan 2011

Global Law And The Environment, Robert V. Percival

Faculty Scholarship

This article explores three areas in which globalization is profoundly affecting the development of a global environmental law. First, countries increasingly are borrowing law and regulatory innovations from one another to respond to common environmental problems. Although this is not an entirely new phenomenon, it is occurring at an unprecedented pace. Second, lawsuits seeking to hold companies liable for environmental harm they have caused outside their home countries are raising new questions concerning the appropriate venue for such transnational liability litigation and the standards courts should apply for enforcement of foreign judgments. Third, nongovernmental organizations are playing an increasingly important …


Too Big To Obey: Why Bp Should Be Debarred, Rena I. Steinzor Jan 2011

Too Big To Obey: Why Bp Should Be Debarred, Rena I. Steinzor

Faculty Scholarship

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On Legal Education And Reform: One View Formed From Diverse Perspectives, Robert J. Rhee Jan 2011

On Legal Education And Reform: One View Formed From Diverse Perspectives, Robert J. Rhee

Maryland Law Review

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The Value Of “Thinking Like A Lawyer”, Michelle M. Harner Jan 2011

The Value Of “Thinking Like A Lawyer”, Michelle M. Harner

Maryland Law Review

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Moneybombs And Democratic Participation: Regulating Fundraising By Online Intermediaries, Nathaniel J. Gleicher Jan 2011

Moneybombs And Democratic Participation: Regulating Fundraising By Online Intermediaries, Nathaniel J. Gleicher

Maryland Law Review

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Symposium - The Maryland Constitutional Law Schmooze - Foreword: Plus Or Minus One: The Thirteenth And Fourteenth Amendments, Mark A. Graber Jan 2011

Symposium - The Maryland Constitutional Law Schmooze - Foreword: Plus Or Minus One: The Thirteenth And Fourteenth Amendments, Mark A. Graber

Maryland Law Review

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Schultz V. Bank Of America: A Fly In The Financial Buttermilk - Clarifying The Common Knowledge Exception To Improve Litigation Efficiency And Bank Safety, Lauren M. Elfner Jan 2011

Schultz V. Bank Of America: A Fly In The Financial Buttermilk - Clarifying The Common Knowledge Exception To Improve Litigation Efficiency And Bank Safety, Lauren M. Elfner

Maryland Law Review Online

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In The Wake Of Coast Federal: The Plain Meaning Rule And The Anglo American Rhetorical Ethic, Kemit A. Mawakana Jan 2011

In The Wake Of Coast Federal: The Plain Meaning Rule And The Anglo American Rhetorical Ethic, Kemit A. Mawakana

University of Maryland Law Journal of Race, Religion, Gender and Class

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Muslims In A Secular State: Islamic Law And Constitutions Islam In America Jan 2011

Muslims In A Secular State: Islamic Law And Constitutions Islam In America

University of Maryland Law Journal of Race, Religion, Gender and Class

No abstract provided.


Reaching Batson's Challenge Twenty-Five Years Later: Eliminating The Peremptory Challenge And Loosening The Challenge For Cause Standard, Matt Haven Jan 2011

Reaching Batson's Challenge Twenty-Five Years Later: Eliminating The Peremptory Challenge And Loosening The Challenge For Cause Standard, Matt Haven

University of Maryland Law Journal of Race, Religion, Gender and Class

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Availability Of Spousal Privileges For Same-Sex Couples, Lisa Yurwit Bergstrom, W. James Denvil Jan 2011

Availability Of Spousal Privileges For Same-Sex Couples, Lisa Yurwit Bergstrom, W. James Denvil

University of Maryland Law Journal of Race, Religion, Gender and Class

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Citizens United V. Fec: Departure From Precedent Opens The Gate To "Phantom" Political Speakers, Esther Houseman Jan 2011

Citizens United V. Fec: Departure From Precedent Opens The Gate To "Phantom" Political Speakers, Esther Houseman

Maryland Law Review Online

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Cage-Free, Free-Range, Organic? Why Animal Welfare Depends On A New Government Labeling Scheme, Tabitha N. Mitchell Jan 2011

Cage-Free, Free-Range, Organic? Why Animal Welfare Depends On A New Government Labeling Scheme, Tabitha N. Mitchell

Student Articles and Papers

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Researchers Without Borders?: Limiting Obligations Of Ancillary Care Through The Rescue Model, Michael R. Ulrich Jan 2011

Researchers Without Borders?: Limiting Obligations Of Ancillary Care Through The Rescue Model, Michael R. Ulrich

Student Articles and Papers

With the expansion of clinical research in developing countries, there is a need to explain obligations that researchers have to their subjects beyond those required by the study protocol. This paper outlines a model founded on the duty to rescue that provides ethical clarification of the obligations of ancillary care.


Legislating After Janice M.: The Constitutionality Of Recognizing De Facto Parenthood In Maryland, Rachel Simmonsen Jan 2011

Legislating After Janice M.: The Constitutionality Of Recognizing De Facto Parenthood In Maryland, Rachel Simmonsen

Student Articles and Papers

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Access To Justice: The Use Of International Law Clinics To Advance The Case For Vulnerable Members Of Society, Yvonne Dausab Jan 2011

Access To Justice: The Use Of International Law Clinics To Advance The Case For Vulnerable Members Of Society, Yvonne Dausab

Maryland Journal of International Law

No abstract provided.


From Pedagogy To Partnership: Leveraging The Law Clinic To Institutionalize Cutting Edge Strategies In Transactional Labor Advocacy, Rachel Micah-Jones Jan 2011

From Pedagogy To Partnership: Leveraging The Law Clinic To Institutionalize Cutting Edge Strategies In Transactional Labor Advocacy, Rachel Micah-Jones

Maryland Journal of International Law

No abstract provided.


The Pedagogy Of Guantánamo, Baher Azmy Jan 2011

The Pedagogy Of Guantánamo, Baher Azmy

Maryland Journal of International Law

No abstract provided.


Teaching To The Paradoxes: Human Rights Practice In U.S. Law School Clinics, Deena R. Hurwitz Jan 2011

Teaching To The Paradoxes: Human Rights Practice In U.S. Law School Clinics, Deena R. Hurwitz

Maryland Journal of International Law

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Back To The Future In Law Schools, William L. Reynolds Jan 2011

Back To The Future In Law Schools, William L. Reynolds

Maryland Law Review

No abstract provided.


Conclusion: The Political Thirteenth Amendment, Rebecca E. Zietlow Jan 2011

Conclusion: The Political Thirteenth Amendment, Rebecca E. Zietlow

Maryland Law Review

No abstract provided.