Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®
Articles 1 - 6 of 6
Full-Text Articles in Law
Protecting Public Health And The Environment By The Stroke Of A Presidential Pen: Seven Executive Orders For The President's First 100 Days, Eileen Gauna
Faculty Scholarship
This white paper recommends a series of seven Executive Orders to the new Administration, all in the areas of health, safety, and the environment. Each of the suggested Executive Orders directs agencies of the government to take specific steps that would make a realworld difference and simultaneously send a signal to the public, Congress, the business community, and others that a new course has been charted and that change has arrived.
El Dia De Los Muertos, The Death And Rebirth Of The Environment Movement, Eileen Gauna
El Dia De Los Muertos, The Death And Rebirth Of The Environment Movement, Eileen Gauna
Faculty Scholarship
In 2004, in response to an article titled Death of Environmentalism, many in the environmental community engaged in a debate about whether the environmental movement was capable of adequately inspiring the public to effectively respond to climate change. This Article examines the strand of this debate that centered upon responses from environmental justice actors to the larger environmental community. Specifically, the ensuing conversations raised questions about who, precisely, is the environmental community, what is its historical legacy, how should the environment be conceptualized to promote more effective climate policy, the role of technocratic solutions, and the need for transformative coalition …
Controversy Reemerges Over Hiring, Review Of Immigration Judges, Gabriel Pacyniak
Controversy Reemerges Over Hiring, Review Of Immigration Judges, Gabriel Pacyniak
Faculty Scholarship
Nearly two years after former Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales proposed a slate of reforms to quell growing discontent over the quality of decisions from Immigration Judges and the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA), a series of critical reports this summer thrust the nation's immigration courts back in the national spotlight.
The Nature Of Legal Education And Its Links To Water Management, Denise D. Fort
The Nature Of Legal Education And Its Links To Water Management, Denise D. Fort
Faculty Scholarship
When water decisions are made, water lawyers are central fi gures, and decisions are made within the framework of the governing institutions. In this essay, I discuss legal education and the training of a water lawyer. Students from other disciplines may seek out legal education, so approaches to their education are considered.
Asr From A Legal Perspective, Denise D. Fort
Asr From A Legal Perspective, Denise D. Fort
Faculty Scholarship
No abstract provided.
Dams, Duties, And Discretion: Bureau Of Reclamation Water Project Operations And The Endangered Species Act, Reed D. Benson
Dams, Duties, And Discretion: Bureau Of Reclamation Water Project Operations And The Endangered Species Act, Reed D. Benson
Faculty Scholarship
Nearly thirty years ago, the U.S. Supreme Court decided whether the survival of a relatively small number of three-inch fish among all the countless millions of species extant would require the permanent halting of a virtually completed dam for which Congress has expended more than $100 million.' Stunningly, the fish won, because the language, history, and structure of the Endangered Species Act showed 'beyond doubt that Congress intended endangered species to be afforded the highest of priorities.' The Court acknowledged that this view of the statute would carry substantial economic costs, but was persuaded that '[t]he plain intent of Congress …