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William & Mary Law School

2008

Environmental Law

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Waivers Of Immunity In Federal Environmental Statutes Of The Twenty-First Century: Correcting A Confusing Mess, Kenneth M. Murchison Feb 2008

Waivers Of Immunity In Federal Environmental Statutes Of The Twenty-First Century: Correcting A Confusing Mess, Kenneth M. Murchison

William & Mary Environmental Law and Policy Review

No abstract provided.


Self-Policing In A Targeted Enforcement Regime, Sarah L. Stafford Jan 2008

Self-Policing In A Targeted Enforcement Regime, Sarah L. Stafford

Faculty Publications

This paper adds to the debate over whether self-policing can increase environmental protection by considering an issue that has been ignored in previous models—that self-policing may influence future enforcement. The model combines self-policing with targeted enforcement and allows for both deliberate and inadvertent violations. As expected, rewarding self-policers with more lenient future enforcement increases auditing, remediation, and disclosure of inadvertent violations. Self-policing can also serve as a complement to deliberate compliance and can thus further increase environmental performance. However, under reasonable conditions, self-policing can be a substitute for deliberate compliance and could therefore be detrimental to environmental protection.