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Contemporary Sunday Hunting Laws: Unnecessary Economic Roadblocks, Ripe For Repeal, Seamus Ovitt
Contemporary Sunday Hunting Laws: Unnecessary Economic Roadblocks, Ripe For Repeal, Seamus Ovitt
William & Mary Environmental Law and Policy Review
In America, Sunday closing laws, laws restricting what activities individuals could engage in, date back to the early colonial period; those early laws, like much of North American jurisprudence, trace their roots to the laws that existed in England at the time. Historically, however, laws restricting the behavior of individuals, specifically on Sundays, date back thousands of years; initially, their language was tied directly to that of the Old Testament. As God declared:
[s]ix days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work: But the seventh day [is] the Sabbath of the Lord thy God: [in it] thou shalt not …
Liability And Compensation For Damage Resulting From Co2 Storage Sites, Michael Faure
Liability And Compensation For Damage Resulting From Co2 Storage Sites, Michael Faure
William & Mary Environmental Law and Policy Review
This Article follows the economic analysis of law as the methodology for analyzing appropriate liability and compensation mechanisms with respect to damages resulting from CO2 storage sites. There are various reasons for employing this approach. One reason is that many have already discussed the design of a liability and compensation scheme for CCS-related damages. But these earlier studies have not yet approached the issue from the angle of an economic analysis of law. The advantage of thismethodology is that attention is paid to the way in which various liability and compensation schemes affect the incentives for prevention of the various …
The Case For Vertical Integration In The Developing Bioenergy Industry, Isabel F. Peres, Timothy A. Slating, Jay P. Kesan
The Case For Vertical Integration In The Developing Bioenergy Industry, Isabel F. Peres, Timothy A. Slating, Jay P. Kesan
William & Mary Environmental Law and Policy Review
For many countries, money grows on trees: woody biomass is one of the most important sources of renewable energy in the European Union. In the United States, biomass was the input for almost half of the renewable energy generated in 2000; of the energy generated by biomass, seventy-six percent was produced from wood.1 Currently, biomass is the largest source of renewable energy in the country. The ability to secure a reliable and stable supply of biomass is therefore extremely important for the future of the renewable energy industry. According to the United States Department of Energy, the success of the …
The Southeastern Water Compact, Panacea Or Pandora's Box? A Law And Economics Analysis Of The Viability Of Interstate Water Compacts, David Copas
William & Mary Environmental Law and Policy Review
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