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Arkansas Game & Fish Commission V. U. S. A.: Brief Of Professor Robert H. Abrams And Property And Water Law Professors As Amici Curiae In Support Of Respondent, Robert H. Abrams, Noah D. Hall, Zygmunt J B Plater Jan 2012

Arkansas Game & Fish Commission V. U. S. A.: Brief Of Professor Robert H. Abrams And Property And Water Law Professors As Amici Curiae In Support Of Respondent, Robert H. Abrams, Noah D. Hall, Zygmunt J B Plater

Amicus Briefs

Arkansas Game & Fish Commission v. United States of America, on Writ of Certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.: Brief of Professor Robert H. Abrams and Professors of law teaching in the property law and water rights fields as Amici Curiae in support of Respondent


Environmental Rights In International Law: Explicitly Recognized Or Creatively Interpreted, Svitlana Kravchenko Jan 2012

Environmental Rights In International Law: Explicitly Recognized Or Creatively Interpreted, Svitlana Kravchenko

Florida A & M University Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Second Annual Distinguished Lecture Florida A&M Environmental Law And Justice Symposium, November 3-4, 2011, Albert Mumma Jan 2012

The Second Annual Distinguished Lecture Florida A&M Environmental Law And Justice Symposium, November 3-4, 2011, Albert Mumma

Florida A & M University Law Review

No abstract provided.


Environmental Justice With Chinese Characteristics: Recent Developments In Using Environmental Public Interest Litigation To Strengthen Access To Environmental Justice, Jingjing Liu Jan 2012

Environmental Justice With Chinese Characteristics: Recent Developments In Using Environmental Public Interest Litigation To Strengthen Access To Environmental Justice, Jingjing Liu

Florida A & M University Law Review

China's unprecedented economic growth and rapid urbanization in the past three decades has exerted a heavy toll on the country's environment. Set against the backdrop of China's daunting environmental challenges, this article will first discuss how the environmental justice issue manifests itself on Chinese soil and how its evolvement differs from the American experience. This discussion will be followed by an analysis on how environmental public interest litigation, inspired by citizen suits in the U.S., has been fermenting in China and advocated by environmentalists as a new approach to broaden and strengthen access to environmental justice. The article will then …


Biopiracy In The Brazilian Amazon: Learning From International And Comparative Law Successes And Shortcomings To Help Promote Biodiversity Conservation In Brazil, Vanessa Danley Jan 2012

Biopiracy In The Brazilian Amazon: Learning From International And Comparative Law Successes And Shortcomings To Help Promote Biodiversity Conservation In Brazil, Vanessa Danley

Florida A & M University Law Review

No abstract provided.


Should We Adopt A Specific Regulation To Protect People That Are Displaced By Hydroelectric Projects?: Reflections Based On Brazilian Law And The "Belo Monte" Case, Bibiana Graeff Jan 2012

Should We Adopt A Specific Regulation To Protect People That Are Displaced By Hydroelectric Projects?: Reflections Based On Brazilian Law And The "Belo Monte" Case, Bibiana Graeff

Florida A & M University Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Second Annual Environmental Law And Justice Symposium Issue, Randall S. Abate Jan 2012

The Second Annual Environmental Law And Justice Symposium Issue, Randall S. Abate

Florida A & M University Law Review

No abstract provided.


Adios To Paradise: The Yacyreta Dam And The Destruction Of Environmental And Human Rights, Itzchak E. Kornfeld Jan 2012

Adios To Paradise: The Yacyreta Dam And The Destruction Of Environmental And Human Rights, Itzchak E. Kornfeld

Florida A & M University Law Review

No abstract provided.


How Sweet It Isn't: Big Sugar's Power Politics And The Fate Of The Florida Everglades, Katherine Mohr Jan 2012

How Sweet It Isn't: Big Sugar's Power Politics And The Fate Of The Florida Everglades, Katherine Mohr

Florida A & M University Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Acf Water Crisis: A Major Challenge With A Feasible "Volunteer" Solution, Tremaine Reese Jan 2012

The Acf Water Crisis: A Major Challenge With A Feasible "Volunteer" Solution, Tremaine Reese

Florida A & M University Law Review

No abstract provided.


Municipal Separate Storm Sewer Systems (Ms4)--Assigning Responsibility For Pollutants That Reach The Nation's Waters, Robert Abrams Jan 2012

Municipal Separate Storm Sewer Systems (Ms4)--Assigning Responsibility For Pollutants That Reach The Nation's Waters, Robert Abrams

Journal Publications

The United States Supreme Court will review a ruling of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals that found the Los Angeles County Flood Control District in violation of its permit under the Clean Water Act for its Municipal Separate Storm Sewer Systems (MS4) discharges into the Los Angeles and San Gabriel Rivers. Segments of those rivers that constitute a part of the MS4 have been paved to improve flood control, and the pollution levels measured as the water moves through those segments and other monitoring locations exceed the amounts allowed by the District’s permit. The District claims that pollution is …