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Full-Text Articles in Law
Consensus Groups And Grassroots Democracy: Maybe Those Who Say It Cannot Be Done Should Get Out Of The Way Of Those Doing It, Mary Margaret Chapman
Consensus Groups And Grassroots Democracy: Maybe Those Who Say It Cannot Be Done Should Get Out Of The Way Of Those Doing It, Mary Margaret Chapman
Challenging Federal Ownership and Management: Public Lands and Public Benefits (October 11-13)
10 pages.
Contains 2 pages of references.
Sustainability: Myth And Reality, Kai Lee
Sustainability: Myth And Reality, Kai Lee
Sustainable Use of the West's Water (Summer Conference, June 12-14)
23 pages (includes illustrations).
Contains references.
Enforcement And The Success Of International Environmental Law, Mary Ellen O'Connell
Enforcement And The Success Of International Environmental Law, Mary Ellen O'Connell
Journal Articles
Professor O'Connell discusses the traditional methods used for international law "enforcement," and she argues that international law is generally obeyed. Its enforcement is based primarily on compliance, not enforcement. Accordingly, the author argues against using international enforcement mechanisms to enforce international environmental law. Instead, she posits that domestic courts should be used for international environmental law enforcement; however, certain obstacles, such as sovereign immunity, the doctrine of standing, and the principle of forum non conveniens, must be overcome. Professor O'Connell argues that it may be possible to overcome many of these court-made obstacles to enforcing international law through domestic courts. …
Regulatory Takings And Wetland Protection In The Post-Lucas Era, Richard C. Ausness
Regulatory Takings And Wetland Protection In The Post-Lucas Era, Richard C. Ausness
Law Faculty Scholarly Articles
In June 1992, the United States Supreme Court decided Lucas v. South Carolina Coastal Council. The case involved a claim for compensation against the State of South Carolina by a landowner who was prohibited from placing structures on two of his beachfront lots. The Court declared that the landowners must be compensated when government regulations deprive them of all economically beneficial or productive uses of their property unless the proscribed uses were not permitted as part of their original titles.
Although some legal commentators have praised the Lucas decision, others have strongly condemned it. A common criticism of Lucas …