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The Confederate Law Of Prize, John Paul Jones Jan 2023

The Confederate Law Of Prize, John Paul Jones

Law Faculty Publications

This essay describes the prize law of the Confederate States of America. Due to the Union’s blockade of the South’s coastline, Confederate judges heard very few prize cases. But when they did, they closely hewed to the prize law of the United States.


Virginia's Water Resource Law: A System Of Exemptions And Preferences Challenging The Future Of Public Health, The Environment, And Economic Development, Jefferson D. Reynolds Nov 2015

Virginia's Water Resource Law: A System Of Exemptions And Preferences Challenging The Future Of Public Health, The Environment, And Economic Development, Jefferson D. Reynolds

University of Richmond Law Review

No abstract provided.


Table Of Contents: Allen Chair Issue 2014 Mar 2014

Table Of Contents: Allen Chair Issue 2014

University of Richmond Law Review

No abstract provided.


Developing Adaptive And Integrated Strategies For Managing The Electricity-Water Nexus, Benjamin K. Sovacool, Alex Gilbert Mar 2014

Developing Adaptive And Integrated Strategies For Managing The Electricity-Water Nexus, Benjamin K. Sovacool, Alex Gilbert

University of Richmond Law Review

No abstract provided.


Avoiding The Catch-22: Reforming The Renewable Fuel Standard To Protect Freshwater Resources And Promote Energy Independence, Leah Stiegler Mar 2014

Avoiding The Catch-22: Reforming The Renewable Fuel Standard To Protect Freshwater Resources And Promote Energy Independence, Leah Stiegler

University of Richmond Law Review

No abstract provided.


Hydraulic Fracturing And The Baseline Testing Of Groundwater, Keith B. Hall Mar 2014

Hydraulic Fracturing And The Baseline Testing Of Groundwater, Keith B. Hall

University of Richmond Law Review

This article discusses some of the legal and practical issues relating to baseline testing of groundwater and the rules designed to encourage or require such testing. Part I of the article discusses basic background material why this issue is important, what fracturing is and why it is used, the basic types of fracturing, why it can be challenging to determine the cause of alleged contamination, and why baseline testing might help. Part II examines different approaches to increasing the use of baseline testing, including regulations that require such testing and legislation that creates presumptions that provide incentives to conduct such …


Curtailment First: Why Climate Change And The Energy Industry Suggest A New Allocation Paradigm Is Needed For Water Utilized In Hydraulic Fracturing, Victor Flatt, Heather Payne Mar 2014

Curtailment First: Why Climate Change And The Energy Industry Suggest A New Allocation Paradigm Is Needed For Water Utilized In Hydraulic Fracturing, Victor Flatt, Heather Payne

University of Richmond Law Review

No abstract provided.


Reconciling Energy And Food Security Law, Rhett B. Larson Mar 2014

Reconciling Energy And Food Security Law, Rhett B. Larson

University of Richmond Law Review

This article argues that making "water security" a more predominant policy aim can help reconcile and integrate energy security and food security. Water security is the condition of a nation and its citizens having reasonable physical and economic access to sufficient and sustainable water, combined with acceptable levels of water-related risks (e.g., drought, flood, and water-related plagues).


Insurance At The Energy-Water Nexus, Donald T. Hornstein Mar 2014

Insurance At The Energy-Water Nexus, Donald T. Hornstein

University of Richmond Law Review

No abstract provided.


Energy Versus Water: The Growing Role Of Water In Controlling Energy Decisions, Andrea West Wortzel Mar 2014

Energy Versus Water: The Growing Role Of Water In Controlling Energy Decisions, Andrea West Wortzel

University of Richmond Law Review

No abstract provided.


Environmental Law, Dana C. Nifosi Nov 2009

Environmental Law, Dana C. Nifosi

University of Richmond Law Review

No abstract provided.


Environmental Law, Brooks Meredith Smith, Andrea West Wortzel Nov 2007

Environmental Law, Brooks Meredith Smith, Andrea West Wortzel

University of Richmond Law Review

No abstract provided.


Rapanos, Carabell, And The Isolated Man, Joel B. Eisen May 2006

Rapanos, Carabell, And The Isolated Man, Joel B. Eisen

University of Richmond Law Review

No abstract provided.


Checking In On The Chesapeake: Some Questions Of Design, Jonathan Cannon May 2006

Checking In On The Chesapeake: Some Questions Of Design, Jonathan Cannon

University of Richmond Law Review

The Chesapeake Bay Program ("the CBP" or "Program") has been widely celebrated as a model of collaborative management for large multijurisdictional watersheds and for ecosystem management more generally.' In an article published six years ago, I joined in the celebration.2 But recent events warrant consideration of whether restructuring of the program is called for. In this essay, I consider whether greater centralization of decisionmaking for the Bay would address recent criticisms of the Program and better protect the public interest. After evaluating two alternative forms for the Program involving greater centralization, I conclude that major restructuring is not in order. …


Book Review- Turning The Tide: Saving The Chesapeake Bay, Carl W. Tobias May 2006

Book Review- Turning The Tide: Saving The Chesapeake Bay, Carl W. Tobias

University of Richmond Law Review

Nearly a quarter century ago, the states of the Chesapeake Bay region entered a compact by which they meant to improve the declining environmental quality of this national treasure. Concerned about the Bay's accelerating degradation, these jurisdictions hoped that the agreement would enhance the situation or at least stop the deterioration. Ten years after that accord's consummation, Tom Horton evaluated whether progress had been achieved in improving the Bay's environmental health. The writer determined that the answer was inconclusive. When a second decade had passed since the compact's adoption, Horton decided that he would conduct another examination to determine what …


Drinking From A Deep Well: The Public Trust Doctrine And Western Water Law, Carol N. Brown Jan 2006

Drinking From A Deep Well: The Public Trust Doctrine And Western Water Law, Carol N. Brown

Law Faculty Publications

American water law reflects the diverse geography and population patterns of this expansive country.1 In the eastern states, where water is rather abundant, the doctrine of riparian rights dominates water law.2 The arid western states, in contrast, rejected the doctrine of riparian rights in favor of the doctrine of prior appropriation due to a natural scarcity of water and increasing population growth.3 The western states provide fertile ground to consider the burdens of a rapidly growing region on already scarce water resources.4 My thesis is that the public trust doctrine is being underutilized by the states and that the optimal …


Environmental Law, Benjamin A. Thorp Iv, William K. Taggart Nov 2004

Environmental Law, Benjamin A. Thorp Iv, William K. Taggart

University of Richmond Law Review

No abstract provided.


Environmental Law, Lisa Spickler Goodwin Nov 2002

Environmental Law, Lisa Spickler Goodwin

University of Richmond Law Review

No abstract provided.


Virginia's Waters: Still At Risk - A Critique Of The Commonwealth's Water Quality Assessment Reports, Chesapeake Bay Foundation Jan 1998

Virginia's Waters: Still At Risk - A Critique Of The Commonwealth's Water Quality Assessment Reports, Chesapeake Bay Foundation

Richmond Journal of Law and the Public Interest

Federal law requires all states to periodically report to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on the water quality of their rivers, lakes and streams and provide EPA with a listing of polluted waters. Virginia has recently prepared two reports for 1996 and boasts that only 5 percent of the Commonwealth's rivers are polluted. Under closer inspection, this information is found to be extremely misleading due to a number of serious gaps and flaws within Virginia's water quality monitoring program and its methods of data reporting and evaluation. When Virginia states that only 5 percent of the waters it monitors fail …


Virginia's Waters: Still At Risk - A Critique Of The Commonwealth's Water Quality Assessment Reports, Chesapeake Bay Foundation Jan 1998

Virginia's Waters: Still At Risk - A Critique Of The Commonwealth's Water Quality Assessment Reports, Chesapeake Bay Foundation

Richmond Public Interest Law Review

Federal law requires all states to periodically report to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on the water quality of their rivers, lakes and streams and provide EPA with a listing of polluted waters. Virginia has recently prepared two reports for 1996 and boasts that only 5 percent of the Commonwealth's rivers are polluted. Under closer inspection, this information is found to be extremely misleading due to a number of serious gaps and flaws within Virginia's water quality monitoring program and its methods of data reporting and evaluation. When Virginia states that only 5 percent of the waters it monitors fail …