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Fourth-Generation Environmental Law: Integrationist And Multimodal, Craig Anthony (Tony) Arnold Sep 2010

Fourth-Generation Environmental Law: Integrationist And Multimodal, Craig Anthony (Tony) Arnold

Craig Anthony (Tony) Arnold

Institutional arrangements to protect the environment, manage natural resources, or regulate other aspects of society and the environment are not merely matters of optimal institutional design or choice. These arrangements result, at least in substantial part, from the evolution of interconnected social, legal, and ecological systems that are complex, dynamic, and adaptive. This article makes the case that environmental law is evolving to become more integrationist and multimodal: the use of multiple modes and methods of environmental protection, often across multiple scales, but in integrated ways. Integrated multimodality is a feature of much of social life. Building on generational analyses …


Constitutional Limitations On Land Use Controls, Environmental Regulations And Governmental Exactions (2010 Ed.), Garrett Power Jul 2010

Constitutional Limitations On Land Use Controls, Environmental Regulations And Governmental Exactions (2010 Ed.), Garrett Power

Garrett Power

This electronic book is published in a searchable PDF format as a part of the E-scholarship Repository of the University of Maryland School of Law. It is an “open content” casebook intended for classroom use in courses in Land Use Control, Environmental Law and Constitutional Law. It consists of cases carefully selected from the two hundred years of American constitutional history which address the clash between public sovereignty and private property. It considers both the personal right to liberty and the personal right in property. The text consists of non-copyrighted material and readers are free to use it or re-mix …


Cases And Materials On Environmental Law 2nd Edition, Oscar Gray Mar 2010

Cases And Materials On Environmental Law 2nd Edition, Oscar Gray

Oscar S. Gray

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Legal Questions And Scientific Answers: Ontological Differences And Epistemic Gaps In The Assessment Of Causal Relations, Lena Wahlberg Dec 2009

Legal Questions And Scientific Answers: Ontological Differences And Epistemic Gaps In The Assessment Of Causal Relations, Lena Wahlberg

Lena Wahlberg

A large number of legal rules create an obligation to prevent, repair or otherwise mitigate damage to human health or the environment. Many of these rules require that a legally relevant causal relation between human behaviour and the damage at issue is established, and in the establishment of causal relations of this kind scientific information is often pressed into service. This thesis examines this specifically legal use of scientific information. It shows that many legally relevant causal relations cannot be established in this way. It also shows that the legal strategy for dealing with epistemic difficulties (uncertainty and ignorance) by …


Clean Energy Policy In Delaware: A Small Wonder, Collin O'Mara, Philip Cherry, David R. Hodas Dec 2009

Clean Energy Policy In Delaware: A Small Wonder, Collin O'Mara, Philip Cherry, David R. Hodas

David R. Hodas

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The Global Food Crisis: Law, Policy, And The Elusive Quest For Justice, Carmen G. Gonzalez Dec 2009

The Global Food Crisis: Law, Policy, And The Elusive Quest For Justice, Carmen G. Gonzalez

Carmen G. Gonzalez

The food crisis of 2008, the subsequent financial crisis, and the ongoing climate crisis have created new challenges to the attainment of global food security. This essay examines the historic and current practices that have contributed to food insecurity in developing countries, and recommends several steps that the international community might take to promote the fundamental human right to food. The essay begins by outlining the trade and aid policies that laid the foundation for food insecurity in the global South from colonialism until the early twenty-first century. It then examines the impact of the financial crisis and the climate …