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Fairness Versus Efficiency In Environmental Law, Shi-Ling Hsu Mar 2004

Fairness Versus Efficiency In Environmental Law, Shi-Ling Hsu

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Like many other areas of law, the development of environmental law has been strongly influenced by notions of fairness. This should not be surprising, since environmental law has been developed by lawyers, who are self-selected to be fairness-oriented and trained to think in terms of fairness. While large environmental gains have been achieved in the thirtyyear history of environmental law, progress seems to have reached a plateau. Partisanship has poisoned the debate on how best to proceed in making further environmental progress. I attribute the failings and the current stalemate in environmental law to our obsession with fairness. Fairness-thinking has …


Reducing Emissions From The Electricity Generation Industry: Can We Finally Do It?, Shi-Ling Hsu Jul 2001

Reducing Emissions From The Electricity Generation Industry: Can We Finally Do It?, Shi-Ling Hsu

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