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Many Miles To Go Before We Sleep: The Long Road To Creating A Comprehensive Global Plastics Treaty, Dr. Gerry Nagtzaam Feb 2024

Many Miles To Go Before We Sleep: The Long Road To Creating A Comprehensive Global Plastics Treaty, Dr. Gerry Nagtzaam

Villanova Environmental Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Can We Really Be The Change We Wish To See? The Inherent Limitations Of Citizen Suits In Remedying Environmental Injustice Under The Clean Air Act, Alexandra M. George Feb 2024

Can We Really Be The Change We Wish To See? The Inherent Limitations Of Citizen Suits In Remedying Environmental Injustice Under The Clean Air Act, Alexandra M. George

Villanova Environmental Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Change We Can Believe In: The Seventh Circuit's Exposure Of Inadequate Environmental Review In Protect Our Parks V. Buttigieg, P. Nicholas Greco Jun 2023

Change We Can Believe In: The Seventh Circuit's Exposure Of Inadequate Environmental Review In Protect Our Parks V. Buttigieg, P. Nicholas Greco

Villanova Environmental Law Journal

No abstract provided.


On The Fence About Immigration And Overpopulation: "Environmentalists" Challenge Dhs Policies On Nepa Basis In Whitewater Draw Natural Resource Conservation District V. Mayorkas, Maya J. Williams Jun 2023

On The Fence About Immigration And Overpopulation: "Environmentalists" Challenge Dhs Policies On Nepa Basis In Whitewater Draw Natural Resource Conservation District V. Mayorkas, Maya J. Williams

Villanova Environmental Law Journal

No abstract provided.


A Fraying Patchwork Quilt: International Law And Plastic Pollution, Dr. Gerry Nagtzaam Jun 2023

A Fraying Patchwork Quilt: International Law And Plastic Pollution, Dr. Gerry Nagtzaam

Villanova Environmental Law Journal

No abstract provided.


What A Waste! An Evaluation Of Federal And State Medical And Biohazard Waste Regulations During The Covid-19 Pandemic And Their Impact On Environmental Justice, Samantha Newman Feb 2023

What A Waste! An Evaluation Of Federal And State Medical And Biohazard Waste Regulations During The Covid-19 Pandemic And Their Impact On Environmental Justice, Samantha Newman

Villanova Environmental Law Journal

No abstract provided.


The Politics Of The Criminal Enforcement Of The U.S. Clean Water Act, 1983-2021, Dr. Joshua Ozymy, Dr. Melissa Jarrell Ozymy, Dr. Danielle Mcgurrin Feb 2023

The Politics Of The Criminal Enforcement Of The U.S. Clean Water Act, 1983-2021, Dr. Joshua Ozymy, Dr. Melissa Jarrell Ozymy, Dr. Danielle Mcgurrin

Villanova Environmental Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Wishing To Be Part Of That Court: How The Supreme Court's Decision In Bp P.L.C. V. Mayor Of Baltimore Lets Energy Companies Wander Free And Drown The Shore Up Above, Natalie Poirier Oct 2022

Wishing To Be Part Of That Court: How The Supreme Court's Decision In Bp P.L.C. V. Mayor Of Baltimore Lets Energy Companies Wander Free And Drown The Shore Up Above, Natalie Poirier

Villanova Environmental Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Climate Change And The Threat To U.S. Jails And Prisons, Laurie L. Levenson Oct 2022

Climate Change And The Threat To U.S. Jails And Prisons, Laurie L. Levenson

Villanova Environmental Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Tijuana River Valley Pollution: How The Environmental Protection Agency Expects To End A Ninety-Year Environmental And Public Health Crisis, Andrew Simmons Mar 2022

Tijuana River Valley Pollution: How The Environmental Protection Agency Expects To End A Ninety-Year Environmental And Public Health Crisis, Andrew Simmons

Villanova Environmental Law Journal

No abstract provided.


The National Flood Insurance Program: Why Government-Backed Flood Insurance Is Drowning In Debt, Louis Masi Mar 2022

The National Flood Insurance Program: Why Government-Backed Flood Insurance Is Drowning In Debt, Louis Masi

Villanova Environmental Law Journal

No abstract provided.


So Sue Me: How The Justice Department Can Protect Children By Suing Indigent Defenders, Joshua Perry Feb 2022

So Sue Me: How The Justice Department Can Protect Children By Suing Indigent Defenders, Joshua Perry

Villanova Law Review

No abstract provided.


Could Changes To The Endangered Species Act Actually Threaten Species?, Manuel L. Colon Jr. Feb 2021

Could Changes To The Endangered Species Act Actually Threaten Species?, Manuel L. Colon Jr.

Villanova Environmental Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Legal Affinities: Explorations In The Legal Form Of Thought, Patrick Mckinley Brennan Jan 2012

Legal Affinities: Explorations In The Legal Form Of Thought, Patrick Mckinley Brennan

Working Paper Series

This is my Introduction to Legal Affinities: Explorations in the Legal Form of Thought (forthcoming 2012) (co-edited with H. Jefferson Powell and Jack Sammons), a volume of essays dedicated to exploring the work of Joseph Vining. The Introduction introduces Vining’s phenomenology of law and surveys the themes and topics developed by the volume’s eight authors: Joseph Vining, Judge John T. Noonan, Jr., Rev. John McCausland, H. Jefferson Powell, Jack Sammons, Steve Smith, James Boyd White, and Patrick Brennan.


Exploring The Impact Of The Marriage Amendments: Can Public Employers Offer Domestic Partner Benefits To Their Gay And Lesbian Employees?, Tiffany C. Graham May 2008

Exploring The Impact Of The Marriage Amendments: Can Public Employers Offer Domestic Partner Benefits To Their Gay And Lesbian Employees?, Tiffany C. Graham

Working Paper Series

The article focuses on an issue that is shaping up to be the new front in the same-sex marriage wars: whether applying the terms of the more broadly-constructed amendments to public employers will bar them from offering domestic partner benefits to their gay and lesbian employees. The first part of the article offers an overview of domestic partner benefits plans and discusses the manner in which they are currently being threatened by the more broadly-constructed marriage amendments. The second part takes a close look at the litigation in National Pride at Work v. Michigan. This case represents the first time …


Public School Governance And Democracy: Does Public Participation Matter, Natalie Gomez-Velez Jan 2008

Public School Governance And Democracy: Does Public Participation Matter, Natalie Gomez-Velez

Villanova Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Decreasing Ontological Density Of The State In Catholic Social Doctrine, Patrick Mckinley Brennan Jan 2007

The Decreasing Ontological Density Of The State In Catholic Social Doctrine, Patrick Mckinley Brennan

Villanova Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Indirect Mission Of The Church To Politics, Avery Cardinal Dulles Jan 2007

The Indirect Mission Of The Church To Politics, Avery Cardinal Dulles

Villanova Law Review

No abstract provided.


Religious Group Autonomy: Further Reflections About What Is At Stake, Kathleen A. Brady Jul 2006

Religious Group Autonomy: Further Reflections About What Is At Stake, Kathleen A. Brady

Working Paper Series

This article addresses the protections afforded by the First Amendment when government regulation interferes with the internal activities or affairs of religious groups. In previous pieces, I have argued that the First Amendment should be construed to provide religious groups a broad right of autonomy over all aspects of internal group operations, those that are clearly religious in nature as well as activities that seem essentially secular. In my view, such autonomy is necessary to preserve the ability of religious groups to generate, live out and communicate their own visions for social life, including ideas that can push the norms …


The End Of Nonpartisan Judicial Elections And The Rise Of The Politiciary: The Eighth Circuit Strikes Down Judicial Campaign Regulations In Republican Party Of Minnesota V. White, Ross G. Currie Jan 2006

The End Of Nonpartisan Judicial Elections And The Rise Of The Politiciary: The Eighth Circuit Strikes Down Judicial Campaign Regulations In Republican Party Of Minnesota V. White, Ross G. Currie

Villanova Law Review

No abstract provided.


Prophecy And Casuistry: Abortion, Torture And Moral Discourse, M. Cathleen Kaveny Jan 2006

Prophecy And Casuistry: Abortion, Torture And Moral Discourse, M. Cathleen Kaveny

Villanova Law Review

No abstract provided.


Buttletproof Speech: Are Political Books Beyond Litigation's Reach, Emily Kirstine Wacker Jan 2005

Buttletproof Speech: Are Political Books Beyond Litigation's Reach, Emily Kirstine Wacker

Jeffrey S. Moorad Sports Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Historical Overview Of The Judicial Selection Process In The United States: Is The Electoral System In Pennsylvania Unjustified, Sandra Schultz Newman, Daniel Mark Isaacs Jan 2004

Historical Overview Of The Judicial Selection Process In The United States: Is The Electoral System In Pennsylvania Unjustified, Sandra Schultz Newman, Daniel Mark Isaacs

Villanova Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Lawfulness Of The Election Decision: A Reply To Professor Tribe, Peter Berkowitz, Benjamin Wittes Jan 2004

The Lawfulness Of The Election Decision: A Reply To Professor Tribe, Peter Berkowitz, Benjamin Wittes

Villanova Law Review

No abstract provided.


Natural Law And Public Reasons, Kent Greenawalt Jan 2002

Natural Law And Public Reasons, Kent Greenawalt

Villanova Law Review

No abstract provided.


Friends Of Governor Kean V. New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission: Re-Examining The Significant Governmental Interests Furthered By Expenditure Limits In The Post-Buckley Electoral Environment, John P. Monaghan Jan 1990

Friends Of Governor Kean V. New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission: Re-Examining The Significant Governmental Interests Furthered By Expenditure Limits In The Post-Buckley Electoral Environment, John P. Monaghan

Villanova Law Review

No abstract provided.


Legislative Conflicts Of Interest - An Analysis Of The Pennsylvania Legislative Code Of Ethics, James A. Shellenberger, Richard B. Hardt Jan 1973

Legislative Conflicts Of Interest - An Analysis Of The Pennsylvania Legislative Code Of Ethics, James A. Shellenberger, Richard B. Hardt

Villanova Law Review

No abstract provided.


Executive Orders And The Development Of Presidential Power, William Hebe Jan 1972

Executive Orders And The Development Of Presidential Power, William Hebe

Villanova Law Review

No abstract provided.


Armed Reprisals During Intermediacy - A New Framework For Analysis In International Law, Alan N. Salpeter, Jonathan C. Waller Jan 1971

Armed Reprisals During Intermediacy - A New Framework For Analysis In International Law, Alan N. Salpeter, Jonathan C. Waller

Villanova Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Court And Its Critics, Tom C. Clark Jan 1970

The Court And Its Critics, Tom C. Clark

Villanova Law Review

No abstract provided.