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Avoiding The Road To Ferc-Dom: The Supreme Court Affirms The Right To Contract In Morgan Stanley V. Snohomish, Jorge A. Mestre
Avoiding The Road To Ferc-Dom: The Supreme Court Affirms The Right To Contract In Morgan Stanley V. Snohomish, Jorge A. Mestre
Jorge A Mestre
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Offshore Safety And Environmental Regimes: A Post-Macondo Comparative Analysis Of The United States And United Kingdom, Jeffery R. Ray
Offshore Safety And Environmental Regimes: A Post-Macondo Comparative Analysis Of The United States And United Kingdom, Jeffery R. Ray
Jeffery R Ray
Abstract This paper uses a selected review of United States (US) laws resulting from the issues presented by the Deepwater Horizon, or Macondo, incident. Regulatory issues based on engineering concerns are analysed in the second half of the US Chapter. The analysis questions whether the US has truly dealt with Macondo issues or if the issues were effectively tabled. The current state of the US regime indicates that it is either in a transitional phase or it has failed to implement key measures to effectively utilize the post-Macondo regulations. The United Kingdom (UK) offshore safety regime followed by selected environmental …