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American And Canadian Responses To The Challenge Of Small Power Production, J O. Krowina
American And Canadian Responses To The Challenge Of Small Power Production, J O. Krowina
Dalhousie Law Journal
Small power producers' are in the vanguard of the movement towards the increased use of "alternative" modes of generating electricity. Wind, water, solar, biomass, and cogeneration (which creates useful heat and electricity in one process) power sources promise increased efficiency, reduced environmental impacts and increased energy self-sufficiency. This paper undertakes to examine the interactions between small power producers and the established utility sector in North America. In particular, it examines the economic and institutional barriers faced by small producers attempting to gain access to utility-controlled electricity markets.
The Hollow Hope: Can Courts Bring About Social Change?, Ian Holloway
The Hollow Hope: Can Courts Bring About Social Change?, Ian Holloway
Dalhousie Law Journal
Coming as it does in the midst of all the palaver over political correctness within the American academic community, The Hollow Hope is, if nothing else, an opportune articulation of iconoclasm in the debate over civil rights and constitutional law in the United States.' Professor Rosenberg's questioning of the "cult of the court" provides a welcome expression of healthy skepticism towards an institution which conventional myth reveres beyond its due.