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Emerging Best Practices In International Atmospheric Trust Case Law, Rachel M. Pemberton, Michael Blumm
Emerging Best Practices In International Atmospheric Trust Case Law, Rachel M. Pemberton, Michael Blumm
Utah Law Review
With climate change litigation proliferating throughout the world, a substantial body of case law is emerging. As part of a project of the IUCN World Commission on Environmental Law's Climate Change Specialist Group, this Article, a version of which will be included in a “Judicial Handbook on Climate Litigation,” explains the public trust doctrine’s influence on climate change litigation internationally. We select what we view as judicial “best practices” as a kind of restatement of international atmospheric trust law in 2022. International atmospheric trust law is at the forefront of many best practices, as state and federal courts in the …
Constitutional Authority, Common Resources, And The Climate, Anthony Moffa
Constitutional Authority, Common Resources, And The Climate, Anthony Moffa
Utah Law Review
History, text, and precedent reveal an understudied and underutilized source of constitutional authority for environmental protection—the Property Clause of Article IV, Section 3. The Clause vests Congress with the “Power to dispose of and make all needful Rules and Regulations respecting the Territory or other Property belonging to the United States.” This work re-examines these words, the context in which they were written, and the limited judicial decisions interpreting them with an eye towards increased congressional reliance on the Property Clause in the face of daunting threats to our natural environment. Much prior scholarly explanation of the Property Clause focused …