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School Of Law Annual Report 2011-2012, School Of Law Dean

Annual Reports -- Law School (1951-2013)

The annual report for the University of New Mexico School of Law for the period July 2011 through June 2012.

Health Equity Resource Toolkit For State Practitioners Addressing Obesity Disparities

United States Public Health Resources

Title Page

Acknowledgments

Contents

1. Introduction

2. Conceptual Framework

3. Incorporating Health Equity into the Obesity Prevention Planning Processes

4. Conclusion

5. References

6. Appendices

Pubh 560.50: Environmental And Rural Health, Tony J. Ward

University of Montana Course Syllabi

No abstract provided.

Nrsm 475.01: Environment And Development, Jill M. Belsky

University of Montana Course Syllabi

No abstract provided.

Offsetting Programs: Struggling To Find An Equitable Solution Internationally, Silvia Fejka

PEEL Alumni Scholarship

Carbon offsetting can have some laudable goals, including protection of the most pristine resources left on earth. As a category, however, carbon offsetting and markets are inappropriate international solutions to climate change and environmental degradation. The two current carbon offsetting mechanisms have dubious environmental value and maintain destructive behavior rather than addressing current emissions. Climate change is an example of a collective action problem, where benefits are diffuse, creating little incentive for individual nations to act. This renders carbon offsetting programs particularly susceptible to free riders.

The Banner - V. 147, No. 1 - (January 2012), Christian Reformed Church In North America

The Banner

6 - Editorial: Too Much Information? by Bob De Moor / 7 - Catch Your Breath: ‘Amy Made That!’ by Diane Van Ryn / 8 - IMHO: Theology in the Light of Science by J. Cameron Fraser / 8 - Letters to the Editor / 10 - News: ‘The Good Wife’ and the CRC. / 19 - Frequently Asked Questions / 20 - Are You Growing in Faith? by Robert Keeley / 23 - Next: What Do You Really Believe? by Aaron Vriesman / 24 - Healthy Pastors, Healthy Churches by Chris Meehan / 28 - The View from Here: …

Dangerous Separation: An Ecosystem And Way Of Life In The West Bank At The Brink Of Destruction, Elena Katz Mink

PEEL Alumni Scholarship

Israel is currently planning to build the separation wall on the edge of Battir, separating farmers from their fields. If the wall is constructed, residents face the specter of abandoning their way of life and severely restricting their movement, while at the same time the hydrology and ecology of the area will become severely imperiled. In early December, the Israeli Supreme Court (ISC) issued an interim decision ordering the Israeli Defense Ministry (IDM) to submit plans for an alternate route for the wall within ninety days, indicating that the Court is not willing to let Israeli’s security interests override consideration …

New Wavelength - Carbon Tax, Cap & Trade, And Market Adaptation, A, Cyndee Todgham Cherniak, Michael C. Moore, Jonathan H. Adler

Canada-United States Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Center News And Faculty Updates, Human Rights Brief

Human Rights Brief

No abstract provided.

Finding Common Ground Part I: Understanding Growth Centers In Rhode Island, Edgar Adams, Brian Boisvert

Architecture, Art, and Historic Preservation Faculty Publications

Abstract: A successful Growth Management strategy must seek to find "Common Ground" between the needs of growing communities and the natural environment that supports them, between the past and the future and between the desires for social and environmental justice. In short, they seek a more sustainable way forward. 2011 marks the five-year anniversary of the introduction of Rhode Island's Land Use 2025 State Guide Plan. With this plan, Rhode Island adopted a hybrid solution to address the needs of the unique range of Urban, Suburban and Rural communities within its borders. Urban and suburban communities were accommodated within a …

Climate Justice, Environmental Racism, And A Lutheran Moral Vision, Cynthia Moe-Lobeda

Intersections

No abstract provided.

Law's Slow Violence: A Review Of Rob Nixon's "Slow Violence And The Environmentalism Of The Poor" (Hup, 2010), Dayna Nadine Scott

Comparative Research in Law & Political Economy

With gripping urgency, Rob Nixon’s book "Slow Violence and the Environmentalism of the Poor" seeks to reveal the “occluded relationships” between transnational economic actors and the things that tie them to particular places, such as labour, land, resources and commodity dynamics. He brings into view the bodies caught in the middle – those that have been raced and erased, made invisible, and wiped away -- by exposing the violence perpetrated against them across time and space. Nixon’s work is a broad synthesis of a seemingly disparate set of literatures in post-colonial studies, eco-criticism and literary studies. His arresting narrative engages …

Accountability Across Borders: Mining In Guatemala And The Canadian Justice System, Shin Imai, Bernadette Maheandiran, Valerie Crystal

Comparative Research in Law & Political Economy

This paper has been updated and revised and is now available on ssrn as: "Access to Justice and Corporate Accountability: A Legal Case Study of HudBay in Guatemala" http://ssrn.com/abstract=2358981.

Table Of Contents, Law Review Cleveland State

Cleveland State Law Review

No abstract provided.

Cooperative Federalism And Hydraulic Fracturing: A Human Right To A Clean Environment, Elizabeth Burleson

Elisabeth Haub School of Law Faculty Publications

United States natural gas production is likely to stunt the direction and intensity of renewable energy by up to two decades according to a MIT study. Gas will not provide a “’bridge’ to a low-carbon future if it erodes efforts to prepare a landing at the other end of the bridge.” Unconventional natural gas extraction need not become a “transition” to a new addiction. This article analyzes how cooperative federalism and inclusive decision-making can provide legitimacy and transparency when balancing property rights versus police powers to regulate natural gas production.

Reflecting On Measured Deliberations, Nicholas A. Robinson

Elisabeth Haub School of Law Faculty Publications

“Environmental law is essential for the protection of natural resources and ecosystems and reflects our best hope for the future of our planet”. This declaration, made by participants at the Rio+20 World Congress on Justice, Governance and Law for Environmental Sustainability, reflects the maturing of environmental law around the world. Usually implicitly, but often explicitly, the deliberations at Rio+20 in June 2012 addressed the dual needs for more effective implementation of existing environmental norms and enacting further laws to stem global degradation of the environment. Rio+20 recommended that, in the autumn of 2012, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) act …

The Rio+20 Process: Forward Movement For The Environment?, Ann Powers

Elisabeth Haub School of Law Faculty Publications

This commentary summarizes the events at the recent UN Conference on Sustainable Development, commonly referred to as Rio+20, noting both the role of official national delegations and the diversity of non-state parties that were involved in a variety of venues at and around Rio+20. It sketches the background of sustainable development efforts, maps the road from the original 1992 Rio Earth Summit to the 20th anniversary gathering, and comments on the Conference’s outcomes and their implications for international law and legal institutions. In answer to the much debated question of whether the Rio+20 was a success or a failure, or …

2012 J-Term Citzenship Catalog, Lynn University

Academic Catalogs

No abstract provided.

Arctic Justice: Addressing Persistent Organic Pollutants, Elizabeth Burleson

Elisabeth Haub School of Law Faculty Publications

This article recommends enhanced governance of persistent organic pollutants through incentives to develop environmentally sound, climate friendly technologies as well as caution in developing the Arctic. It highlights the toxicity challenges presented by POPs to Arctic people and ecosystems.

Macroscopic Crash Analysis And Its Implications For Transportation Safety Planning, Chowdhury Kawsar Siddiqui

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Incorporating safety into the transportation planning stage, which is often termed as transportation safety planning (TSP), relies on the vital interplay between zone characteristics and zonal traffic crashes. Although a few safety studies had made some effort towards integrating safety and planning, several unresolved problems and a complete framework of TSP are still absent in the literature. This research aims at examining the suitability of the current traffic-related zoning planning process in a new suggested planning method which incorporates safety measures. In order to accomplish this broader research goal, the study defined its research objectives in the following directions towards …

The Challenge Of Climate Change And Environmental Justice: A Distinctive Catholic Contribution, Thomas G. Wenski

Notre Dame Journal of Law, Ethics & Public Policy

No abstract provided.

2012 Winter Class Schedule, University Of Michigan Law School

Class Schedules

Class schedule for the 2012 Winter semester at the University of Michigan Law School

Organizational Strategies For Fostering Faculty Racial Inclusion, Dannielle Joy Davis, Edward J. Brantmeier, Robert Torosyan, Hyacinth E. Findlay

To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development

No abstract provided.

The Justice Of International Law, Mortimer N.S. Sellers

All Faculty Scholarship

A critical essay on The Philosophy of International Law, edited by Samantha Besson and John Tasioulas (Cambridge University Press, 2010), 632 pp, ISBN 978-0199208579.

Creating A Category Under The Kyoto Protocol Based On Non Emissions, Erin Sedloff

UC Law Environmental Journal

No abstract provided.

Litigation's Role In The Path Of U.S. Federal Climate Change Regulation: Implications Of Aep V. Connecticut, Hari M. Osofsky

Articles

This symposium analyzes the role of litigation in climate change regulation, with a particular focus on the U.S. Supreme Court's June 2011 decision in American Electric Power Co. v. Connecticut ("AEP"). 1 This Essay adds to that conversation by exploring the significance of AEP for U.S. federal legal approaches to regulating climate change.

Environmental Justice And The Bp Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill, Hari M. Osofsky, Kate Baxter-Kauf, Bradley Hammer, Ann Mailander, Brett Mares, Amy Pikovsky, Andrew Whitney, Laura Wilson

Articles

This Article analyzes the environmental justice implications of the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill and proposes ways to better address these concerns currently and in the future. It explores the justice problems that have arisen with respect to the spill response, compensation, and employment and workers. The Article argues that these problems result from a mix of inadequate information, failure to incorporate environmental justice into planning, and statutory provisions that favor oil companies and limit protections for vulnerable populations. It proposes ways in which to address these causes in the context of this disaster and more broadly.

The Long Road To Integrating Public Health Into Sustainable Development Of Shared Freshwaters In International Environmental Law: Lessons From Lake Victoria In East Africa, William Onzivu

The International Lawyer

No abstract provided.

Just Places: Creating A Space For Place In Environmental Justice, Damayanti Banergee

Societies Without Borders

This paper explores how discourses on sense of place and cultural heritage inform environmental justice conflicts. I argue that while economic distribution remains the overarching frame within environmental justice scholarship, cultural entitlement concerns are rarely discussed in the literature. I argue that environmental justice scholarship can draw upon place and cultural research to explore how cultural entitlement claims can be incorporated in environmental justice. I draw upon place literature to propose a three-dimensional typology of place. I call these three dimensions – political place, cultural place, and moral place. The proposed typology allows us to examine how discourses of place …

The Collaborative Dialogue Panel: Changing The Model Of The Professional Sociology Conference, Kenneth A. Gould

Societies Without Borders

The emergence of Sociologists Without Borders opened up new opportunities for social justice oriented intellectual engagement and collaboration. Given the opportunity to re-imagine the structure and function of professional conferences, a number of us who were focused on issues of environmental justice as a human right came together in 2006 to challenge the traditional model of serial paper presentations at panel sessions. The collaborative dialogue panel brings together sociologists focused on a specific social problem or issue, and asks them to work together to generate questions and answers in a public forum in dialogue with each other and with others …