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Should Taxpayers Pay People To Obey Environmental Laws?, John A. Humbach
Should Taxpayers Pay People To Obey Environmental Laws?, John A. Humbach
Elisabeth Haub School of Law Faculty Publications
Should taxpayers have to pay people not to put pollutants into streams and reservoirs? Should taxpayers have to pay people not to kill off entire species? Should taxpayers have to reach into their pockets and pay people not to disperse development seamlessly across the countryside, relentlessly consuming, fragmenting, and degrading our nation's remaining natural lands until almost all is gone? Should we, in short, have to pay people not to engage in land-uses that have been determined to be too socially unacceptable to allow?
Iucn's Proposed Covenant On Environment & Development, Nicholas A. Robinson
Iucn's Proposed Covenant On Environment & Development, Nicholas A. Robinson
Elisabeth Haub School of Law Faculty Publications
This article examines the genesis and scope of the IUCN draft Covenant. It (a) describes IUCN's interest and experience in preparing the proposed draft Covenant; (b) analyzes the roles the draft Covenant can serve; and (c) identifies some illustrative precedents for the Articles of the draft Covenant.