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International Legal Protection For Climate Refugees: Where Lies The Haven For The Maldivian People?, Simran Dolla Oct 2015

International Legal Protection For Climate Refugees: Where Lies The Haven For The Maldivian People?, Simran Dolla

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Climate change and sea level rise are not just mere words for the Maldivian people; they are a grim reality that is consuming their nation. Sea level rise presents one of the gravest dangers for the Maldives because of its already low-lying characteristics. As the levels continue to rise, the nation is sinking into extinction. Some 300,000 people of the Maldives are on the brink of losing their homes and becoming climate change refugees. The existing international laws are not only ill-equipped to provide protections or the much-needed relief, they also make no mention of climate change refugees. Therefore, as …


Eyes On Bangladesh's Disappearing Coasts: Proposed Constitutional Protections For Coastal Communities Particularly Vulnerable To Climate Change, Sabrina Persaud Oct 2015

Eyes On Bangladesh's Disappearing Coasts: Proposed Constitutional Protections For Coastal Communities Particularly Vulnerable To Climate Change, Sabrina Persaud

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Climate change, a phenomenon caused by global warming, has impacted just about every part of the earth. As polar ice caps continue to melt, people across the world are experiencing record-breaking heat waves and warmer winters. These erratic weather patterns are just one of the many impacts of climate change. Changes in temperature have altered ecosystems and habitats for terrestrial and marine wildlife, and caused human health to deteriorate. Larger, more industrialized countries are the major contributors to climate change; however, smaller countries, such as Bangladesh, suffer the consequences. This article analyses the negative effects that climate change has had …


Please Turn Your Lights Off, The Turtles Are Nesting: Ensuring That Federal, State, And Local Laws Help Guide Endangered Marine Turtle Hatchlings In Florida To The Right Source Of Light, Cameryn Justice Rivera Jul 2015

Please Turn Your Lights Off, The Turtles Are Nesting: Ensuring That Federal, State, And Local Laws Help Guide Endangered Marine Turtle Hatchlings In Florida To The Right Source Of Light, Cameryn Justice Rivera

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In Florida, artificial lighting is a huge problem for marine turtle hatchlings and nesting mothers. Part I of this paper provides background information on sea turtle behavioral patterns in nesting and hatching, while also highlighting the problems of disorientation and nesting deterrence. Part II examines federal and state laws that authorize and delegate sea turtle oversight protections, administer legal and practical protection, and attempt to enforce the laws to prevent sea turtle disturbances or deaths. Part III discusses local ordinance regulations on artificial lighting and comments on the Model Lighting Ordinance in Florida. Part IV analyzes sea turtle law coordination …


Green Energy In Indian Country As A Double-Edged Sword For Native Americans: Drawing On The Inter-American And Colombian Legal Systems To Redefine The Right To Consultation, Diana Coronel David Apr 2015

Green Energy In Indian Country As A Double-Edged Sword For Native Americans: Drawing On The Inter-American And Colombian Legal Systems To Redefine The Right To Consultation, Diana Coronel David

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Energy is a key component in the redress of climate change evils and the United States has one of the highest per capita energy consumption in the world. The federal government’s goal is to reduce the country’s dependence on oil and double its wind and solar electricity generation by 2025. The development of renewable energy projects is to a great extent tied to Indian Country. This is highly important for Indian tribes as an empowering mechanism. Such projects could represent new sources of income for tribes whose traditional subsistence-based lifestyles have been impacted by climate change. Renewable energy projects in …


Improving Substantive And Procedural Protections For Indigenous Rights In Redd+ Projects: Possible Lessons From Brazil, Kristen Taylor Jan 2015

Improving Substantive And Procedural Protections For Indigenous Rights In Redd+ Projects: Possible Lessons From Brazil, Kristen Taylor

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Nations around the world are beginning to acknowledge that climate change is an imminent threat to our planet and are responding with mitigation efforts. REDD+ (reducing emissions from deforestation and degradation plus) may be a way to minimize the deforestation that has lead to the increased greenhouse gas emissions causing a change in our global climate. Although REDD+ is one the leading proposals to address climate change, it lends itself to potentially harmful effects on indigenous people, if the regulating nation does not possess adequate policy for protections of their indigenous peoples. Indigenous peoples face the challenge of safeguarding access …


Big Storms, Big Debt, And Biggert-Waters: Navigating Florida's Uncertain Flood Insurance Future, Loren M. Vazquez Jan 2015

Big Storms, Big Debt, And Biggert-Waters: Navigating Florida's Uncertain Flood Insurance Future, Loren M. Vazquez

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The National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) began with good intentions. It was first enacted for the purpose of making flood insurance reasonably affordable while protecting against losses after disasters. However,

Congress failed to accurately update the program in the face of climate change and new coastal development. Because of this oversight, the overall risk associated with the program outgrew the collection of premiums, which led to an enormous debt to be incurred by the federal government. Once changes did finally come, they led to massive increases in insurance rates and a massive public outrage. Residents of states like Florida faced …


Cooling Down Florida's Coast: Saving East Central And Southeast Florida's Sea Turtles From Impacts Of Climate Change, Kara Graham Jan 2015

Cooling Down Florida's Coast: Saving East Central And Southeast Florida's Sea Turtles From Impacts Of Climate Change, Kara Graham

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Submerging Islands: Tuvalu And Kiribati As Case Studies Illustrating The Need For A Climate Refugee Treaty, Rana Balesh Jan 2015

Submerging Islands: Tuvalu And Kiribati As Case Studies Illustrating The Need For A Climate Refugee Treaty, Rana Balesh

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Erosion-Induced Community Displacement In Newtok, Alaska And The Need To Modify Fema And Nepa To Establish A Relocation Framework For A Warming World, Ashley Rawlings Jan 2015

Erosion-Induced Community Displacement In Newtok, Alaska And The Need To Modify Fema And Nepa To Establish A Relocation Framework For A Warming World, Ashley Rawlings

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That Which Must Be Done, Teliza Adams Jan 2015

That Which Must Be Done, Teliza Adams

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The Third-Shift Problem In China: The First Step Is Admitting You Have A Problem, Aisha Farraj Jan 2015

The Third-Shift Problem In China: The First Step Is Admitting You Have A Problem, Aisha Farraj

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Trinity And Its Shortcomings: Problems With Disallowing Prps That Enter Into State Consent Decrees From Bringing To Cost- Recover Actions Under Cercla, Michael Trentin Jan 2015

Trinity And Its Shortcomings: Problems With Disallowing Prps That Enter Into State Consent Decrees From Bringing To Cost- Recover Actions Under Cercla, Michael Trentin

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Side Effects May Vary: The Aftermath Of The United States V. Caronia Decision On Off-Label Drug Promotion, Christina Le Jan 2015

Side Effects May Vary: The Aftermath Of The United States V. Caronia Decision On Off-Label Drug Promotion, Christina Le

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Shooting Blanks: The Ineffectiveness Of The Executive Branch's Entrance Into The Great Patent Troll Hunt, Daniel A. Tagliente Jan 2015

Shooting Blanks: The Ineffectiveness Of The Executive Branch's Entrance Into The Great Patent Troll Hunt, Daniel A. Tagliente

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New Jersey's Religious Property Tax Exemption: An Erroneous Quid Pro Quo Exchange, Timothy M. Dovnarsky Jan 2015

New Jersey's Religious Property Tax Exemption: An Erroneous Quid Pro Quo Exchange, Timothy M. Dovnarsky

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The Supreme Court, Brittany Murray Jan 2015

The Supreme Court, Brittany Murray

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Clarifying Appellate Standards Of Review: Why Rule 19(B) Is A Mixed Question Of Law And Fact That Requires Abuse Of Discretion Review, Daniel Worley Jan 2015

Clarifying Appellate Standards Of Review: Why Rule 19(B) Is A Mixed Question Of Law And Fact That Requires Abuse Of Discretion Review, Daniel Worley

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Laws In The United States And France Do Not Discriminate Against Muslim Women, Valerie P. Deluisi Jan 2015

Laws In The United States And France Do Not Discriminate Against Muslim Women, Valerie P. Deluisi

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Going Against The Current: How Aereo's Online Streaming Left Copyright Laws Adrift, Vani Parti Jan 2015

Going Against The Current: How Aereo's Online Streaming Left Copyright Laws Adrift, Vani Parti

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The Evolving Doctrine Of Unconscionability In Modern Electronic Contracting, Thomas Gamarello Jan 2015

The Evolving Doctrine Of Unconscionability In Modern Electronic Contracting, Thomas Gamarello

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The Proper Role Of The Experimental Use Doctrine In The Pfaff Analysis: How And Why The Federal Circuit's Holding In Hamilton Beach Brands, Inc. V. Sunbeam Products, Inc. Should Be Corrected, Ryan Mccormick Jan 2015

The Proper Role Of The Experimental Use Doctrine In The Pfaff Analysis: How And Why The Federal Circuit's Holding In Hamilton Beach Brands, Inc. V. Sunbeam Products, Inc. Should Be Corrected, Ryan Mccormick

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The Romani In Europe And The False Promise Fundamental Rights, Ariel Risinger Jan 2015

The Romani In Europe And The False Promise Fundamental Rights, Ariel Risinger

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Let’S Play, Let’S Infringe? Let’S Play Videos Uploaded To Youtube, Copyright Infringement, And The Fair Use Defense, Darren Mathew Pfeil Jan 2015

Let’S Play, Let’S Infringe? Let’S Play Videos Uploaded To Youtube, Copyright Infringement, And The Fair Use Defense, Darren Mathew Pfeil

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American Immigration Laws: A Legal And Moral Analysis, Noemi Simbron Jan 2015

American Immigration Laws: A Legal And Moral Analysis, Noemi Simbron

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The Struggle Of Regulating Clinical Trials In A Developing Nation: India’S Experience, Arianna Moure Jan 2015

The Struggle Of Regulating Clinical Trials In A Developing Nation: India’S Experience, Arianna Moure

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Government Spying And The Comparative Legal Framework Of The United States Of America And The United Kingdom, Joseph Hopkins Jan 2015

Government Spying And The Comparative Legal Framework Of The United States Of America And The United Kingdom, Joseph Hopkins

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Clarence Thomas, Andrew Obergfell Jan 2015

Clarence Thomas, Andrew Obergfell

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An Analysis Of Why China's Government Will Eventually Reform The Hukou System, Justin Condit Jan 2015

An Analysis Of Why China's Government Will Eventually Reform The Hukou System, Justin Condit

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Revenge Pornography: Defining A Modern Sex Crime Through State Legislation, Nicole M. Garibaldi Jan 2015

Revenge Pornography: Defining A Modern Sex Crime Through State Legislation, Nicole M. Garibaldi

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Have You Seen Sam Spade?: How Literary Characters Are Denied Proper Copyright Protection, Michael Heitmann Jan 2015

Have You Seen Sam Spade?: How Literary Characters Are Denied Proper Copyright Protection, Michael Heitmann

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