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“A Civil Action” Shows How Community Is Often Forgotten, Robert R.M. Verchick
“A Civil Action” Shows How Community Is Often Forgotten, Robert R.M. Verchick
Robert R.M. Verchick
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Dust Bowl Blues: Saving And Sharing The Ogallala Aquifer, Robert R.M. Verchick
Dust Bowl Blues: Saving And Sharing The Ogallala Aquifer, Robert R.M. Verchick
Robert R.M. Verchick
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Critical Space Theory: Keeping Local Geography In American And European Environmental Law, Robert R.M. Verchick
Critical Space Theory: Keeping Local Geography In American And European Environmental Law, Robert R.M. Verchick
Robert R.M. Verchick
Recently, legal scholars have begun to explore the meaning and significance of geographic space in law within the United States and internationally, a project highlighted in a 1996 Stanford Law Review symposium. Much of this discussion draws implicitly and explicitly on critical legal theory in approaching geographic themes -- suggesting the beginning of what the author calls "Critical Space Theory." This article uses Critical Space Theory to address the legal significance of geography in relation to two environmental issues in the United States and the European Union: (1) transborder waste transportation and (2) judicial standing. Each issue raises questions of …