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Sara's State Procedural Reform: Reading Cts V. Waldburger Through Canons Of Statutory Interpretation, Alfred Light
Sara's State Procedural Reform: Reading Cts V. Waldburger Through Canons Of Statutory Interpretation, Alfred Light
Alfred Light
This Article takes Justice Antonin Scalia and Professor Bryan A. Garner’s 2012 treatise Reading Law seriously by showing how the Supreme Court applied (or failed to apply) Reading Law’s canons of statutory interpretation in a recent decision evaluating a preemptive provision of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (“CERCLA” or “Superfund”) – 42 U.S.C. §9658 in CTS v. Waldburger. Justice Kennedy applied several semantic and contextual canons: the Ordinary-Meaning Canon, the Fixed-Meaning Canon, the Whole-Text Canon, and the Harmonious Reading Canon. As important, the Court plainly rejected a principle which Reading Law calls a “falsity”: the false notion …
Get Smart To Go Green?, Alfred R. Light
Get Smart To Go Green?, Alfred R. Light
Alfred Light
This article critiques the LEED Neighborhood Development rating system. As presently constituted, LEED-ND is unlikely to succeed in the way other LEED rating systems have. The rating system ignores important aspects of the quality of life in modern American suburbia such as security and privacy. If the proponents of smart growth and the new urbanism are to attract ordinary Americans to their quest for traditional neighborhoods, they must incorporate standards that recognize such missing dimensions. The aesthetics of a traditional neighborhood may not be completely congruent with factors which encourage environmental sustainability. LEED-ND ignores technological innovation, such as the implications …
Cercla's Wooden Iron: The Contribution Counterclaim, Alfred R. Light
Cercla's Wooden Iron: The Contribution Counterclaim, Alfred R. Light
Alfred Light
No abstract provided.
Beyond The Myth Of Everglades Settlement: The Need For A Sustainability Jurisprudence, Alfred R. Light
Beyond The Myth Of Everglades Settlement: The Need For A Sustainability Jurisprudence, Alfred R. Light
Alfred Light
No abstract provided.
Cercla's Cost Recovery Statute Of Limitations: Closing The Books Or Waiting For Godot?, Alfred R. Light
Cercla's Cost Recovery Statute Of Limitations: Closing The Books Or Waiting For Godot?, Alfred R. Light
Alfred Light
No abstract provided.
The Waiter At The Party: A Parable Of Ecosystem Management In The Everglades, Alfred R. Light
The Waiter At The Party: A Parable Of Ecosystem Management In The Everglades, Alfred R. Light
Alfred Light
No abstract provided.
Of Square Pegs, Round Holes, And Recalcitrants Lying In The Weeds: Superfund's Legal Lessons For Everglades Restoration, Alfred R. Light
Of Square Pegs, Round Holes, And Recalcitrants Lying In The Weeds: Superfund's Legal Lessons For Everglades Restoration, Alfred R. Light
Alfred Light
No abstract provided.