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Urban Commons In Italy, Michele Graziadei
Urban Commons In Italy, Michele Graziadei
FIU Law Review
The Italian experience with urban commons has been very rich indeed. In the last ten years or so the number of social and legal initiatives relating to urban commons in Italy has exploded. The present Italian situation shows that urban commons are here to stay. By now, they are part of the collective imagination, of political and socio-economic transformative projects, of administrative practices, and of the law. The demand for the commons in the city originates from the social movements that intend to resist the penetration of the market and of private property in every ambit of life but is …
Filling The Gap: The Case For Driver's Licenses As A Lifeline To Opportunity For Undocumented Immigrants Where The Federal Government Fails To Act On Comprehensive Immigration Reform, David Peraza
FIU Law Review
The federal government has repeatedly failed at passing comprehensive immigration reform, which would provide basic benefits to the undocumented population in the U.S, including driver’s licenses. Various states have made attempts to provide undocumented immigrants with driver’s licenses. This work address the benefits and drawbacks of these policies and ultimately posits that holdout states should enact policies to provide driver’s licenses to undocumented immigrants in the face of the federal government’s inaction.
Granting Rights To Rivers In The Shadow Of Extractivism, Helena Alviar Garcia
Granting Rights To Rivers In The Shadow Of Extractivism, Helena Alviar Garcia
FIU Law Review
In Colombia, the Atrato River, situated in the region of Chocó, was granted rights in a 2016 ruling. More than ten other rivers have been granted rights in the following years. This judicial intervention has been influenced by other jurisdictions where rights have been granted to rivers like New Zealand and India. The article situates itself within this trend by providing a more granular, local context. In particular, the goal is to foreground the structural characteristics—specifically the historical, economic, and social centrality of extractivism—within which granting rights to nature takes place. The final objective will be to explore the possibilities …
The Influence Of The Spanish Legal System And Socialist Legal Systems On Cuban Civil Law, María Elena Cobas Cobiella
The Influence Of The Spanish Legal System And Socialist Legal Systems On Cuban Civil Law, María Elena Cobas Cobiella
FIU Law Review
The essay “The influence of the Spanish legal system and socialist legal systems on Cuban civil law” fulfills an old desire to analyze how the current Cuban civil law has been shaped. The work addresses the influence of the law of the former socialist countries and Spanish law in the configuration of current Cuban civil law.
Inadequate Demonstration: Epa’S Latest Effort To Force A Clean Energy Transition On The Power Sector Rests On Technologies That Have Not Been Adequately Demonstrated, Mario Loyola
FIU Law Review
The Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) proposed regulations of power plant carbon emissions under Section 111 of the Clean Air Act, which were proposed in May of 2023, raise a number of concerns. The proposed regulations target a transition in the U.S. power sector towards clean energy, relying heavily on Carbon Capture & Storage (CCS) and green hydrogen technologies to achieve nearly net zero carbon emissions from existing fossil fuel power plants. These technologies, however, do not seem to satisfy the Section 111 requirement that the Best System of Emissions Reduction (BSER) be adequately demonstrated at the scale and for the …
Markham’S Opus Remembering The Past—Watching It Repeat From The Great Recession To The Covid-19 Pandemic: A Financial History Of The United States 2010–2020 (By Jerry W. Markham 2022), Christian A. Johnson
Markham’S Opus Remembering The Past—Watching It Repeat From The Great Recession To The Covid-19 Pandemic: A Financial History Of The United States 2010–2020 (By Jerry W. Markham 2022), Christian A. Johnson
FIU Law Review
This article discusses the impact and significance of Professor Jerry Markham's financial history entitled "From the Great Recession to Covid-19 Pandemic: A Financial History of the United States 2010-2020. The article describes how this volume 7 to his series on the financial history of the United States captures the significance of the financial events and tumult that occurred between 2010 and 2020.
Introduction: Comparative Comparative Law, Jorge L. Esquirol
Introduction: Comparative Comparative Law, Jorge L. Esquirol
FIU Law Review
This introduction illuminates the multifaceted nature of comparative law, transcending its conventional perception as merely a methodological tool. Rather, it emerges as a dynamic arena of political struggle, embodying diverse perspectives and objectives across various discursive exchanges. The volume delves into this complexity through contributions from esteemed scholars exploring topics ranging from granting rights to rivers in Colombia to the constitutional interpretive politics of Italian abortion rights. It underscores how comparative law shapes governance and policy, both reinforcing hegemonic norms and providing avenues for resistance and alternative perspectives. Ultimately, the volume celebrates the rich diversity and interconnectedness within comparative law, …
"Bricolage" As Comparative Research Method For Critical Legislative Innovation, Marie-Claire Belleau
"Bricolage" As Comparative Research Method For Critical Legislative Innovation, Marie-Claire Belleau
FIU Law Review
Comparative law incentivize imagination to create new solutions to social problems intrinsically linked to different parts of the world. It consists in the analysis of multiple legal solutions revealed by research. Meanwhile, the understanding of the documentation put forward is influenced by the social, cultural, linguistic, political, and economic context where it evolved in the first place. Consequently, the interpretation of those elements leads to varying results. In response to this reality, we offer a modest comparative methodology rooted in creativity inspired by the concept of “bricolage” for the purpose of legislative innovations. In light of some descriptive examples pertaining …
The Spree Of Principles And The Abuses Of The Balancing Doctrine In Brazil, Ronaldo Porto Macedo
The Spree Of Principles And The Abuses Of The Balancing Doctrine In Brazil, Ronaldo Porto Macedo
FIU Law Review
This article delves into the nuanced distinction between principles and rules in legal discourse, emphasizing their differing grammatical functions. While acknowledging the necessity of principles in legal reasoning, it cautions against their unchecked proliferation, exemplified by the Ellwanger case. The analysis underscores the importance of contextual understanding in discerning between principles and policies, advocating for a philosophical-political reflective approach. It critiques the overreliance on balancing-proportionality as a universal method, warning against its potential for dogmatic reduction and infringement on fundamental rights like freedom of expression. Ultimately, it calls for a balanced, reflective interpretation of principles to mitigate the risks inherent …
Introduction: From Science To Public Choice: An Overview, Mario Loyola
Introduction: From Science To Public Choice: An Overview, Mario Loyola
FIU Law Review
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Volo Foundation Lecture: Science, Free Speech, And Public Choice, Bret Stephens
Volo Foundation Lecture: Science, Free Speech, And Public Choice, Bret Stephens
FIU Law Review
In an era where science, free speech, and public choice clash, the historical unity between these pillars, as envisioned by America's founding fathers, is obscured. Examining Thomas Jefferson's reverence for Bacon, Locke, and Newton, reveals a past where reason and freedom intertwined. However, contemporary challenges, epitomized by the pandemic response, illustrate a divergence. Amidst censorship and expert dominance, the vital role of public scrutiny emerges. Acknowledging the fallibility of experts and embracing free speech as essential for reasoned discourse becomes imperative. To restore the balance, humility from scientific institutions, a renewed appreciation for free speech, and public courage are necessary …
Five Considerations For Twenty-First Century Climate Policy, Matthew G. Burgess
Five Considerations For Twenty-First Century Climate Policy, Matthew G. Burgess
FIU Law Review
As the twenty-first century advances, society is entering a new phase regarding climate change. Impacts of climate change are becoming more salient in the present, rather than being only far-off in the future. Progress on flattening—and in many affluent countries, reducing—greenhouse gas emissions is also becoming salient, though the progress underperforms international targets. Slowing economic growth and major technological and geopolitical disruptions are creating new challenges and uncertainties. One of these challenges is a political climate of deep divisions and rising distrust in fact-finding institutions—a climate that is ripe for demagoguery. In the United States and some other countries, the …
"Common But Differentiated Responsibilities” In The Paris Agreement, Henrique Schneider
"Common But Differentiated Responsibilities” In The Paris Agreement, Henrique Schneider
FIU Law Review
The Paris Agreement, adopted in 2015, epitomizes a political approach to climate action, devoid of scientific oversight at its inception. This political nature underscores its essence, emphasizing action over guaranteed results. With a foundation in "common but differentiated responsibilities" (CBDR), nations set diverse climate goals based on unique circumstances. However, this diversity complicates policy alignment and raises challenging questions, such as the feasibility of carbon border adjustments and intellectual property dilution. Analyzing CBDR within the Paris Agreement framework unveils its evolution, shaped by political negotiations and national actions. This study delves into the intricate interplay between politics, policy, and international …
Keeping The Perpetual In Florida's Conservation Easements, Nancy A. Mclaughlin
Keeping The Perpetual In Florida's Conservation Easements, Nancy A. Mclaughlin
FIU Law Review
Hundreds of millions of dollars are being invested in the protection of the Florida Wildlife Corridor and other environmentally sensitive lands. One of the primary tools being used to accomplish this protection is the perpetual conservation easement, which is touted to landowners and the public as providing a permanent guarantee that the subject lands will never be developed. There is a very real danger, however, that perpetual conservation easements in Florida may not, in fact, be perpetual, and the protections put in place today will vanish over time—along with the public funds invested therein—as government and nonprofit holders “release” the …
Tarnished Gold: The Endangered Species Act At 50, Jonathan H. Adler
Tarnished Gold: The Endangered Species Act At 50, Jonathan H. Adler
FIU Law Review
The ESA is arguably the most powerful and stringent federal environmental law on the books. Yet for all of the Act’s force and ambition, it is unclear how much the law has done much to achieve its central purpose: the conservation of endangered species. The law has been slow to recover listed species and has fostered conflict over land use and scientific determinations that frustrate cooperative conservation efforts. The Article aims to take stock of the ESA’s success and failures during its first fifty years, particularly with regard the conservation of species habitat on private land. While the Act authorizes …
Reforming The Federal Regulatory Review Process, Joanne Spalding, Andres Restrepo
Reforming The Federal Regulatory Review Process, Joanne Spalding, Andres Restrepo
FIU Law Review
For decades, the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) has overseen the development of federal regulatory policies with a strong emphasis on benefit-cost analysis. Despite its conceptual appeal, this analytic tool consistently shortchanges environmental and public health protection, with especially negative consequences for environmental justice communities. In this article, we address some of those shortcomings, focusing in particular on the standard agency practice of arithmetically discounting regulatory costs and benefits that accrue in the future. We propose that the OIRA abandon this practice as it relates to non-market goods, such as human lives saved, and instead work toward a …
The Modern Border: The Government Can Search . . . Anything?, Abigail Nusbaum
The Modern Border: The Government Can Search . . . Anything?, Abigail Nusbaum
FIU Law Review
The evolution of modern technology has introduced new obstacles in interpreting the Fourth Amendment’s application to searches of peoples’ effects. Specifically, the longstanding exception to the Fourth Amendment permitting searches at the international border in the absence of probable cause does not so neatly apply to forensic searches of cell phones. Consequently, a circuit split has emerged on two aspects of the issue: the scope of the border exception and the requisite level of suspicion within that exception. The Supreme Court should find that forensic cell phone searches at the international border implicate Fourth Amendment privacy interests, requiring the border …
An Unauthorized Renaissance? An Analysis Of Artists’ Claims For Copyright Infringement Against Ai Generated Art And Possible Defenses, Victoria Young
An Unauthorized Renaissance? An Analysis Of Artists’ Claims For Copyright Infringement Against Ai Generated Art And Possible Defenses, Victoria Young
FIU Law Review
AI currently presents a novel issue in terms of copyright infringement, specifically AI generated art. Recently, a group of artists filed a class action lawsuit against several AI generated art companies. This comment evaluates the potential avenues the court may take. The artists allege these AI generated art companies directly infringed on their copyrighted works by making unauthorized copies of copyrighted works which they used to train their machine learning programs. A determination on whether AI generated art constitutes copyright infringement has not been made by the courts before. To bring a successful copyright infringement claim, a party must show …
From The Great Recession To The Covid-19 Pandemic: A Financial History Of The United States 2010–2020: Introduction, Jerry W. Markham
From The Great Recession To The Covid-19 Pandemic: A Financial History Of The United States 2010–2020: Introduction, Jerry W. Markham
FIU Law Review
This article is an Introduction to a symposium on the Author's latest volume in his seven volume series on the Financial History of the United States. The Introduction summarizes the articles published in the symposium and reviews how each contributes to the ongoing analysis and debate over the causes of financial panics and government policies to deal with such events.
Book Review On From The Great Recession To The Covid-19 Pandemic By Professor Jerry W. Markham, Ronald Filler
Book Review On From The Great Recession To The Covid-19 Pandemic By Professor Jerry W. Markham, Ronald Filler
FIU Law Review
A review of Professor Jerry Markham's book "From the Great Recession to the COVID-19 Pandemic."
Rational Investing Or Speculative Fever?: Spacs, Robinhood, And Digital Assets—Securities Markets Or Casinos?, Thomas Lee Hazen
Rational Investing Or Speculative Fever?: Spacs, Robinhood, And Digital Assets—Securities Markets Or Casinos?, Thomas Lee Hazen
FIU Law Review
This article focuses a recurring theme – speculation in the financial markets. The 2010-2020 decade set the stage for a new round of speculative activity starting in 2021. In the article that follows I reflect on a new wave of speculation and three current examples of speculative activity. The article concludes that regulators should be cautious about over-regulation of SPACs and gamified trading. The article also supports the regulation of digital assets (crypto currencies and NFTs) as securities.
From The Great Recession To The Covid-19 Pandemic: A Financial History Of The United States 2010-2020—A Comparison Of The Government’S Response To The Two Financial Crises That Bookended The 2010 To 2020 Decade, Lissa Lamkin Broome
FIU Law Review
This article compares the government's legislative and regulatory response to each of the two financial crises that bookended the 2010-2020 decade and how the response to the COVID-19 crisis was affected by various provisions of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act enacted in 2010 in response to the 2008 financial crisis. The article concludes with six lessons we learned from these two financial crises experienced in relatively short order: act fast, act with force, act on multiple fronts, regain or retain citizens' confidence in the financial system, ensure access to liquidity, and aid those who are struggling.
Celebrating Markham’S Approach To Financial History: Getting At The Macro One Deal At A Time, José Gabilondo
Celebrating Markham’S Approach To Financial History: Getting At The Macro One Deal At A Time, José Gabilondo
FIU Law Review
Professor Markham's financial history does an excellent job of reviewing and analyzing financial history for the period from the Great Recession to the COVID pandemic. His granular approach to financial history conveys macro-trends by focusing on the most defining transactions and episodes from this period.
Entre La Espada Y La Pared: Obstacles To U.S. Investment In Cuba, Thais Lopez
Entre La Espada Y La Pared: Obstacles To U.S. Investment In Cuba, Thais Lopez
FIU Law Review
Investing in Cuba poses several obstacles to U.S. investors. Cuba’s new Law of Foreign Investment and new Constitution do not provide remedies or protections against the state’s takings of private property or imprisonment without charge. On the U.S. side, Title III of the Helms-Burton Act has made U.S. investors the most vulnerable to claims worth billions in damages under the Act.