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Unlimited Rights In A Water-Scarce World? Quantification Of Dormant Rights To Common Pool Groundwater, Jennifer L. Harder Jan 2016

Unlimited Rights In A Water-Scarce World? Quantification Of Dormant Rights To Common Pool Groundwater, Jennifer L. Harder

McGeorge School of Law Scholarly Articles

No abstract provided.


The Human Right To Water: A False Promise?, Stephen C. Mccaffrey Jan 2016

The Human Right To Water: A False Promise?, Stephen C. Mccaffrey

McGeorge School of Law Scholarly Articles

No abstract provided.


Using International Property Law As A Lever To Evolve Toward Integrative Ocean Governance, Rachael E. Salcido Jan 2016

Using International Property Law As A Lever To Evolve Toward Integrative Ocean Governance, Rachael E. Salcido

McGeorge School of Law Scholarly Articles

TABLE OF CONTENTS I. INTRODUCTION .............................................................................................. 254 II. BACKGROUND ............................................................................................... 255 A. Brief Primer on Ocean Jurisdiction ...................................................... 256 B. Dispute Resolution and International Governance ............................... 257 C. The Power of Property .......................................................................... 259 D. Ocean Governance Support for an International Property Law Thesis ..................................................................................................... 260 III. STATE OF OCEAN HEALTH ........................................................................... 261 A. Overfishing ............................................................................................ 262 B. Climate Change ..................................................................................... 263 C. Pollution ................................................................................................ 264 1. Traditional Pollution ...................................................................... 264 2. Special Growing Plastic Pollution Problem ................................... 265 D. Industrialization .................................................................................... 265 1. Marine Renewable Energy .............................................................. 266 2. Aquaculture ..................................................................................... 268 3. Offshore Oil and Gas ...................................................................... 268 …


Ditching Our Innocence: The Clean Water Act In The Age Of The Anthropocene, Rachael Salcido, Karrigan Bork Jan 2016

Ditching Our Innocence: The Clean Water Act In The Age Of The Anthropocene, Rachael Salcido, Karrigan Bork

McGeorge School of Law Scholarly Articles

Humanity has entered the Age of the Anthropocene, a geologic era marked by the emergence of human activity as the single most dominant influence on Earth’s environment. Every ecosystem shows

signs of anthropogenic influence, and the environments we experience everyday are often shaped almost entirely by human actions and decisions. The new discipline of reconciliation ecology recognizes this

reality and suggests that we must manage the new habitats we create in order to protect species diversity and ecosystem services. But the 2015 rule defining the jurisdiction of the Clean Water Act explicitly excludes

many manmade environments, including many artificial lakes, …


Using International Property Law As A Lever To Evolve Toward Integrative Ocean Governance, Rachael E. Salcido Jan 2016

Using International Property Law As A Lever To Evolve Toward Integrative Ocean Governance, Rachael E. Salcido

University of the Pacific Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Human Right To Water: A False Promise?, Stephen C. Mccaffrey Jan 2016

The Human Right To Water: A False Promise?, Stephen C. Mccaffrey

University of the Pacific Law Review

No abstract provided.