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Food, Freedom, Fairness, And The Family Farm, Robin Rotman, Sophie Mendelson Jan 2023

Food, Freedom, Fairness, And The Family Farm, Robin Rotman, Sophie Mendelson

West Virginia Law Review

The concept of the “family farm” holds powerful sway within the American narrative, embodying both nostalgia for an imagined past and anxiety for a future perceived to be under threat. Since the founding of the United States, this cultural ideal has been invoked in support of a rosy vision of agrarian democracy while obscuring the ways in which the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s codified definition of “family farm” has unfairly aggregated advantages for the benefit of a particular kind of family (nuclear) and farmer (white, male, straight). At the same time, consumers are misled by an under-interrogated conflation of family …


Land Use Conflicts Between Wind And Solar Renewable Energy And Agriculture Uses, Peggy Kirk Hall, Whitney Morgan, Jesse Richardson Jan 2022

Land Use Conflicts Between Wind And Solar Renewable Energy And Agriculture Uses, Peggy Kirk Hall, Whitney Morgan, Jesse Richardson

Law Faculty Scholarship

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Seriously Doe: Why A Hybrid Approach To Regulating Deer Farms Is Right For West Virginia, Jordan R. Mcminn Dec 2020

Seriously Doe: Why A Hybrid Approach To Regulating Deer Farms Is Right For West Virginia, Jordan R. Mcminn

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.


States, Localities And Public Health, David Gartner Apr 2020

States, Localities And Public Health, David Gartner

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.


Land Tenure And Sustainable Agriculture, Jesse Richardson Apr 2016

Land Tenure And Sustainable Agriculture, Jesse Richardson

Law Faculty Scholarship

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Does Regulation Chill Democratic Deliberation? The Case Of Gmos, Alison Peck Jan 2013

Does Regulation Chill Democratic Deliberation? The Case Of Gmos, Alison Peck

Law Faculty Scholarship

Breakthroughs in science and technology pose a challenge to the U.S. legal system: either regulate under pre-existing laws using a business-as-usual approach, or pass new laws to deal with new relationships and conflicts created by these breakthroughs. How does the legal process determine when to regulate and when to legislate? Does that process adequately ensure deliberative democratic debate and implementation of democratic consensus? Does it adequately protect urgent interests in the meantime? Currently, this determination is ongoing with regard to new scientific developments such as climate change science, and new technological developments such as hydraulic fracturing of unconventional natural gas …


The New Imperialism: Toward An Advocacy Strategy For Gmo Accountability, Alison Peck Jan 2008

The New Imperialism: Toward An Advocacy Strategy For Gmo Accountability, Alison Peck

Law Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.


Beyond Fairness: What Really Works To Protect Farmland, Jesse Richardson Apr 2007

Beyond Fairness: What Really Works To Protect Farmland, Jesse Richardson

Law Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.


Nuisance Revisited After Buchanan And Bormann, Jesse Richardson, Theodore A. Feitshans Apr 2000

Nuisance Revisited After Buchanan And Bormann, Jesse Richardson, Theodore A. Feitshans

Law Faculty Scholarship

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Ten Limitations To Ponder On Farm Limited Liability Companies, Jesse Richardson, L. Leon Geyer Apr 1999

Ten Limitations To Ponder On Farm Limited Liability Companies, Jesse Richardson, L. Leon Geyer

Law Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.


Agricultural Land Preservation By Local Government, Thomas R. Michael Jun 1982

Agricultural Land Preservation By Local Government, Thomas R. Michael

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.


Constitutional Law--Regulation Of The Milk Industry Through Price Control, Peter Uriah Hook Feb 1961

Constitutional Law--Regulation Of The Milk Industry Through Price Control, Peter Uriah Hook

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Aaa Decision, Robert T. Donley Feb 1936

The Aaa Decision, Robert T. Donley

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.


Railroads--Duty To Take Precautions To Avoid Injury To Domestic Animals Near Track, M. H. M. Nov 1921

Railroads--Duty To Take Precautions To Avoid Injury To Domestic Animals Near Track, M. H. M.

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.