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Introduction: Legal Scholarship, The Disaster Cycle, And The Fukushima Accident, Daniel A. Farber Oct 2012

Introduction: Legal Scholarship, The Disaster Cycle, And The Fukushima Accident, Daniel A. Farber

Duke Environmental Law & Policy Forum

No abstract provided.


United States Flood Control Policy: The Incomplete Transition From The Illusion Of Total Protection To Risk Management, A. Dan Tarlock Oct 2012

United States Flood Control Policy: The Incomplete Transition From The Illusion Of Total Protection To Risk Management, A. Dan Tarlock

Duke Environmental Law & Policy Forum

No abstract provided.


Insurance Against Catastrophe: Government Stimulation Of Insurance Markets For Catastrophic Events, Véronique Bruggeman, Michael Faure, Tobias Heldt Oct 2012

Insurance Against Catastrophe: Government Stimulation Of Insurance Markets For Catastrophic Events, Véronique Bruggeman, Michael Faure, Tobias Heldt

Duke Environmental Law & Policy Forum

No abstract provided.


The End Game Of Deregulation: Myopic Risk Management And The Next Catastrophe, Thomas O. Mcgarity, Rena I. Steinzor Oct 2012

The End Game Of Deregulation: Myopic Risk Management And The Next Catastrophe, Thomas O. Mcgarity, Rena I. Steinzor

Duke Environmental Law & Policy Forum

No abstract provided.


Disaster Justice: The Geography Of Human Capability, Robert R.M. Verchick Oct 2012

Disaster Justice: The Geography Of Human Capability, Robert R.M. Verchick

Duke Environmental Law & Policy Forum

No abstract provided.


Disaster Mythology And Availability Cascades, Lisa Grow Sun Oct 2012

Disaster Mythology And Availability Cascades, Lisa Grow Sun

Duke Environmental Law & Policy Forum

No abstract provided.


Environmental And Social Implications Of Hydraulic Fracturing And Gas Drilling In The United States: An Integrative Workshop For The Evaluation Of The State Of Science And Policy, Workshop Report Apr 2012

Environmental And Social Implications Of Hydraulic Fracturing And Gas Drilling In The United States: An Integrative Workshop For The Evaluation Of The State Of Science And Policy, Workshop Report

Duke Environmental Law & Policy Forum

No abstract provided.


Considering Shale Gas Extraction In North Carolina: Lessons From Other States, Sarah K. Adair, Brooks Rainey Pearson, Jonas Monast, Avner Vengosh, Robert B. Jackson Apr 2012

Considering Shale Gas Extraction In North Carolina: Lessons From Other States, Sarah K. Adair, Brooks Rainey Pearson, Jonas Monast, Avner Vengosh, Robert B. Jackson

Duke Environmental Law & Policy Forum

No abstract provided.


Fracturing Regulation Applied, Hannah Wiseman Apr 2012

Fracturing Regulation Applied, Hannah Wiseman

Duke Environmental Law & Policy Forum

No abstract provided.


Protecting Pennsylvania’S Three Rivers’ Water Resources From Shale Gas Development Impacts, Jennifer Hayes Apr 2012

Protecting Pennsylvania’S Three Rivers’ Water Resources From Shale Gas Development Impacts, Jennifer Hayes

Duke Environmental Law & Policy Forum

No abstract provided.


Can Volunteers Pick Up The Slack? Efforts To Remedy Knowledge Gaps About The Watershed Impacts Of Marcellus Shale Gas Development , Abby J. Kinchy, Simona L. Perry Apr 2012

Can Volunteers Pick Up The Slack? Efforts To Remedy Knowledge Gaps About The Watershed Impacts Of Marcellus Shale Gas Development , Abby J. Kinchy, Simona L. Perry

Duke Environmental Law & Policy Forum

No abstract provided.


Factual Causation: The Missing Link In Hydraulic Fracture—Groundwater Contamination Litigation, Jeffrey C. King, Jamie Lavergne Bryan, Meredith Clark Apr 2012

Factual Causation: The Missing Link In Hydraulic Fracture—Groundwater Contamination Litigation, Jeffrey C. King, Jamie Lavergne Bryan, Meredith Clark

Duke Environmental Law & Policy Forum

No abstract provided.


American Natures: The Shape Of Conflict In Environmental Law, Jedediah Purdy Jan 2012

American Natures: The Shape Of Conflict In Environmental Law, Jedediah Purdy

Faculty Scholarship

There is a firestorm of political and cultural conflict around environmental issues,including but running well beyond climate change. Legal scholarship is in a bad position to make sense of this conflict because the field has concentrated on making sound policy recommendations to an idealized lawmaker, neglecting the deeply held and sharply clashing values that drive, or block, environmental lawmaking. This Article sets out a framework for understanding and engaging the clash of values in environmental law and, by extension,approaching the field more generally. Americans have held, and legislated based upon, four distinct ideas about why the natural world matters and …