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Cultural Diversity, Human Rights, And The Emergence Of Indigenous Peoples In International And Comparative Environmental Law, Jerry Firestone, Jonathan Lily, Isable Torres De Noronha

American University International Law Review

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Title Vi Or Bust? A Practical Evaluation Of Title Vi Of The 1964 Civil Rights Act As An Environmental Justice Remedy, Scott Michael Edson

Fordham Environmental Law Review

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Contemporary Cercla: Reversals Of Fortune And Black Holes, Stanley Millan

Fordham Environmental Law Review

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Review Of Conference: “International Criminal Tribunals In The 21st Century”, Tim Curry

Human Rights Brief

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Legislative Watch, Ryan Vogel

Human Rights Brief

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Ngo Update, Lauren Bartlett

Human Rights Brief

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Life, Liberty, And The Pursuit Of Water: Evaluating Water As A Human Right And The Duties And Obligations It Creates, Amy Hardberger

Northwestern Journal of Human Rights

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Critical Race Lawyering: Foreword, Sheila R. Foster

Fordham Law Review

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Legitimacy, Justice, And The Future Of Africa, J. Peter Pham

Human Rights & Human Welfare

A review of:

Human Rights, the Rule of Law, and Development in Africa edited by Paul Tiyambe Zeleza and Philip J. McConnaughay. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2004. 308 pp.

Going On-Line With Justice Pedagogy: Four Ways Of Looking At A Website, Fran Ansley, Cathy Cochran

Villanova Law Review (1956 - )

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An Environmental Justice Perspective On African-American Visitation To Grand Canyon And Yosemite National Parks, Andrea Waye

UC Law Environmental Journal

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Environmental Enforcement In The Fifty States: The Promise And Pitfalls Of Supplemental Environmental Projects, Steven Bonorris, Chelsea Holloway, Annie Lo, Grace Yang

UC Law Environmental Journal

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Segregation And Environmental Justice, Myron Orfield

Articles

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Social Work Values And Hospital Culture: An Examination From A Competing Values Framework, Amanda Evans

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study is to assess the perceptions of social workers employed in Florida hospitals in relation to the core values of their profession and the alignment of those values within the culture of their current work setting. The conceptual framework for the study was from organizational behavior theory specific to culture, values, and trust. The Competing Values Framework (Cameron & Quinn, 1999) provided a method to distinguish co-existing competing values within an organization. The research findings indicated that 65% of the professional social workers who participated in the study perceived that the core values of their profession …

Life, Liberty, And The Pursuit Of Water: Evaluating Water As A Human Right And The Duties And Obligations It Creates, Amy Hardberger

Faculty Articles

The Right to Water should be an independent, explicit human right. As such, the status of the right to water would be raised to the status of customary international law (jus cogens), imposing an affirmative, obligatory duty an all nations. Historically the right to water has been included in the right to life, limiting the right; however, that approach undermines the essential importance of water and causes enforcement problems that would be avoided by regarding water as an independent right.

Landmark international agreements, treatises, and the work of various international entities and other non-governmental organizations have made tremendous strides in …

International Law Confronts The Global Economy: Labor Rights, Human Rights, And Democracy In Distress, Timothy A. Canova

Chapman Law Review

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Bulletin 2005-2006, Seattle University School Of Law

Viewbooks

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What You Don't Know Can Hurt You: The Importance Of Information In The Battle Against Environmental Class And Racial Discrimination, Browne C. Lewis

Law Faculty Articles and Essays

People across the country have witnessed the quality of their local environment decline in the name of progress but Lewis argues that tow-income and minority persons have observed the disproportionate placement of environmental hazards in their communities. That disparity has partially resulted from environmental discrimination based upon class and race. Acknowledging unequal treatment of low-income and minority persons has led to the development of the concept of "environmental justice. "

The premise of this Article is that, in order to effectively combat environmental discrimination, people must have access to quality information. Information may be used as a remedial measure. This …

Women's Leadership Development And The Empowerment Process, Rebecca Cutter

Capstone Collection

In recent years, Women's Leadership Development, (WLD) has become a focus area in the theory and practice of sustainable development. It attempts to develop and strengthen leadership skills in women, marginalized not only within development programs but also within the socioeconomic and political systems within their countries. Using mini-ethnographies to explore why and how three Guatemalan women leaders experience the process of becoming empowered, this paper gives voice to women leaders while providing insights into the development of women's leadership. The conceptual framework for this study is Critical Theory. It engages participants in a political agenda, inspiring action on the …

Civil Rights And Wrongs, Richard Abel

Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review

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Salute To Faculty Scholarship 2005, Clark University

Faculty Works

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Historical Context And Hazardous Waste Facility Siting: Understanding Temporal Patterns In Michigan, Robin Saha, Paul Mohai

Environmental Studies Faculty Publications

This article tests the proposition that, beginning in the 1970s, historic growth of public environmental concern and opposition to waste facilities, as well as changes in the policy environment increasingly encouraged hazardous waste facilities siting to follow the path of least (political) resistance and resulted in environmental inequities. Our longitudinal analysis of sitings in the State of Michigan from 1950 to 1990 reveals a distinct temporal pattern supporting our hypotheses. Whereas significant racial, socioeconomic, and housing disparities at the time of siting were not in evidence for facilities sited prior to 1970, patterns of disparate siting were found for facilities …

The Effectiveness Of The Nafta Environmental Side Agreement's Citizen Submission Process: A Case Study Of Metales Y Derivados, Tseming Yang

University of Colorado Law Review

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Building Healthy Cities: Legal Frameworks And Considerations, Wendy Collins Perdue

Law Faculty Publications

This chapter will explore the range of laws and government policies that have shaped the physical structure of U.S. cities and thereby impacted the health of those cities' residents. This analysis will highlight the many, apparently "private" decisions that have been impacted by government policies. Though some of the laws, policies, prohibitions, and incentives have been formulated explicitly to take into account health considerations, others have unintended effects - both good and bad - on the health of urban populations.

Christians Against Globalization In The Philippines, Kathy Nadeau

Anthropology Faculty Publications

This paper focuses on the Basic Christian Communities in the Philippines that work to counter human and environmental rights violations resulting from macro-economic development processes. While not every activist-led and mass-based people's movement includes critical environmental issues on their agendas for social change, this paper directs its attention to the progressive Basic Christian Community movement that incorporates an environmentally concerned and team-oriented approach to problem solving at the local level. This movement is part of an international bottom-up effort to counteract some of the negative effects of global capitalism (e.g., the fragmentation of close-knit communities that were once based on …

Equal Justice Works Fellowships Help Launch Public Interest Careers, Equal Justice Works Staff

Public Interest Law Reporter

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Geospatial Identification Of Potential Environmental Justice Concerns: Providence, Rhode Island, Joshua L. Tootoo

Open Access Master's Theses

In the early 1990's social activists driven by a concern with the uneven impacts of toxic pollution drew the attention of federal policy makers, establishing an official discourse focused on the issue of environmental justice. The concerns of these activists were supported by a number of statistical and Geographic Information System (GIS)-based studies of demographic patterns and toxic sites (Foreman, 1998).

The concept of environmental justice is based on the premise that disadvantaged groups such as the poor and racial and ethnic minorities bear a disproportionate burden of the negative externalities associated with economic development, including toxic pollution exposure …

Introduction: Brown Is Dead? Long Live Brown!, Denise C. Morgan

NYLS Law Review

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Environmental Justice And The Integration Ideal, Rachel D. Godsil

NYLS Law Review

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Physical Activity And Use Of Suburban Train Stations: An Exploratory Analysis, John L. Renne

Planning and Urban Studies Faculty Publications

Physical inactivity contributes to a growing proportion of illness and premature death in the United States. Only about 45 percent of Americans meet the recommended national standard for physical activity. Yet, analysis of 300 surveys collected from train riders at three walkable New Jersey suburban train stations showed that 78 percent met the activity guidelines. A new train station that allows these riders to save time in their commute has attracted new riders and has led existing commuters to change their commute. One-third of those surveyed reported additional physical activity primarily because they walked more after leaving the train in …