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Rewriting Our Nation's Deadly Traffic Manual, Sara C. Bronin, Gregory H. Shill
Rewriting Our Nation's Deadly Traffic Manual, Sara C. Bronin, Gregory H. Shill
Cornell Law Faculty Publications
Every day, Americans entrust their lives to a road system that is governed by the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Streets and Highways (the Manual). On its face, this Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) publication is a straightforward technical document. It contains over eight hundred pages of engineering guidance on everything from traffic-light placement to the font of highway signs. It also establishes acceptable methods for officials to modify speed limits.
While such provisions may sound inconsequential, some of the Manual’s provisions have far-reaching, even deadly, consequences. They prioritize vehicular speed over public safety, mobility over other uses of …
Energy In The Ecopolis, Sara C. Bronin
Energy In The Ecopolis, Sara C. Bronin
Cornell Law Faculty Publications
Climate change, resource scarcity, and environmental degradation demand a paradigm shift in urban development. Currently, too many of our cities exacerbate these problems: they pollute, consume, and process resources in ways that negatively impact our natural world. Cities of the future must make nature their model, instituting circular metabolic processes that mimic, embrace, and enhance nature. In other words, a city must be a regenerative city or, as some say, an “ecopolis.” So, how to get there—to ecopolis—from here? In this Comment, I propose a partial answer by focusing on certain legal frameworks that must be reenvisioned to enable the …
Health Law As Social Justice, Lindsay F. Wiley
Health Law As Social Justice, Lindsay F. Wiley
Cornell Journal of Law and Public Policy
No abstract provided.
Suburban Climate Change Efforts: Possibilities For Small And Nimble Cities Participating In State, Regional, National, And International Networks, Hari M. Osofsky
Suburban Climate Change Efforts: Possibilities For Small And Nimble Cities Participating In State, Regional, National, And International Networks, Hari M. Osofsky
Cornell Journal of Law and Public Policy
No abstract provided.
Curbing Energy Sprawl With Microgrids, Sara C. Bronin
Curbing Energy Sprawl With Microgrids, Sara C. Bronin
Cornell Law Faculty Publications
Energy sprawl - the phenomenon of ever-increasing consumption of land, particularly in rural areas, required to site energy generation facilities - is a real and growing problem. Over the next twenty years, at least sixty-seven million acres of land will have been developed for energy projects, destroying wildlife habitats and fragmenting landscapes. According to one influential report, even renewable energy projects - especially large-scale projects that require large-scale transmission and distribution infrastructure - contribute to energy sprawl. This Article does not aim to stop large-scale renewable energy projects or even argue that policymakers focus solely on land use in determining …
Rethinking Liability For Vaccine Injury, Joanna B. Apolinsky, Jeffrey A. Van Detta
Rethinking Liability For Vaccine Injury, Joanna B. Apolinsky, Jeffrey A. Van Detta
Cornell Journal of Law and Public Policy
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The Power Of Law And Women's Presence In The Thaksin Era, Virada Somswasdi
The Power Of Law And Women's Presence In The Thaksin Era, Virada Somswasdi
Cornell Law School Berger International Speaker Papers
The term "law" as used here depicts consistency in ideology, intent, presumption and the imposition of definitions on day-to-day human relations, including male-female relations. The power of law is the process of definition, which takes precedence over experiences, and also takes precedence over the meaning that women give to their own lives.
This paper refutes a rigid division of issues within law and adopts a feminist perspective, rather than that of the mainstream structure. Issues identified as significant by the women’s movement are thus emphasized. I do not refer to law as the only tool feminists need to resort to …