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An Empirical Analysis Of Cost Recovery In Superfund Cases: Implications For Brownfields And Joint And Several Liability, Howard F. Chang, Hilary Sigman Jan 2014

An Empirical Analysis Of Cost Recovery In Superfund Cases: Implications For Brownfields And Joint And Several Liability, Howard F. Chang, Hilary Sigman

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Economic theory developed in the prior literature indicates that under the joint and several liability imposed by the federal Superfund statute, the government should recover more of its costs of cleaning up contaminated sites than it would under nonjoint liability, and the amount recovered should increase with the number of defendants and with the independence among defendants in trial outcomes. We test these predictions empirically using data on outcomes in federal Superfund cases. Theory also suggests that this increase in the amount recovered may discourage the sale and redevelopment of potentially contaminated sites (or “brownfields”). We find the increase to …


Takings, Water Rights, And Climate Change, A. Dan Tarlock Jan 2012

Takings, Water Rights, And Climate Change, A. Dan Tarlock

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The Legal-Political Barriers To Ramping Up Hydro (Symposium), A. Dan Tarlock Jan 2011

The Legal-Political Barriers To Ramping Up Hydro (Symposium), A. Dan Tarlock

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Allocating Power Within Agencies, Elizabeth Magill, Adrian Vermeule Jan 2011

Allocating Power Within Agencies, Elizabeth Magill, Adrian Vermeule

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Standard questions in the theory of administrative law involve the allocation of power among legislatures, courts, the President, and various types of agencies. These questions are often heavily informed by normative commitments to particular allocations of governmental authority among the three branches of the national government. These discussions, however, are incomplete because agencies are typically treated as unitary entities. In this essay, we examine a different question: How does administrative law allocate power within agencies? Although scholars have sometimes cracked open the black box of agencies to peer inside, their insights are localized and confined to particular contexts. We will …


The Environment And Climate Change: Is International Migration Part Of The Problem Or Part Of The Solution?, Howard F. Chang Jan 2009

The Environment And Climate Change: Is International Migration Part Of The Problem Or Part Of The Solution?, Howard F. Chang

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Swamp Swaps: The "Second Nature" Of Wetlands, Fred P. Bosselman Jan 2009

Swamp Swaps: The "Second Nature" Of Wetlands, Fred P. Bosselman

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The Managerial Turn In Environmental Policy, Cary Coglianese Jan 2008

The Managerial Turn In Environmental Policy, Cary Coglianese

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Resolving The Spent Fuel Issue For New Nuclear Power Plants, Fred P. Bosselman Jan 2008

Resolving The Spent Fuel Issue For New Nuclear Power Plants, Fred P. Bosselman

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Are Shared Benefits Of International Waters An Equitable Apportionment? (With P. Wouters), A. Dan Tarlock Jan 2007

Are Shared Benefits Of International Waters An Equitable Apportionment? (With P. Wouters), A. Dan Tarlock

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The Great Lakes As An Environmental Heritage Of Humankind: An International Law Perspective, A. Dan Tarlock Jan 2007

The Great Lakes As An Environmental Heritage Of Humankind: An International Law Perspective, A. Dan Tarlock

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Reasonable Emissions Of Greenhouse Gases: Efficient Abatement For A Stock Pollutant, Howard F. Chang Jan 2007

Reasonable Emissions Of Greenhouse Gases: Efficient Abatement For A Stock Pollutant, Howard F. Chang

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Five Views Of The Great Lakes And Why They Might Matter, A. Dan Tarlock Mar 2006

Five Views Of The Great Lakes And Why They Might Matter, A. Dan Tarlock

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Western Growth And Sustainable Water Use: If There Are No "Natural Limits" Should We Worry About Water Supplies? (With S. Van De Wetering), A. Dan Tarlock Mar 2006

Western Growth And Sustainable Water Use: If There Are No "Natural Limits" Should We Worry About Water Supplies? (With S. Van De Wetering), A. Dan Tarlock

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Science, Judgment, And Controversy In Natural Resource Regulation, (With H. Doremus), A. Dan Tarlock Mar 2005

Science, Judgment, And Controversy In Natural Resource Regulation, (With H. Doremus), A. Dan Tarlock

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Natural resource regulation is heavily "scientized," by which we mean both that the current regulatory structure requires the use of science in a wide range of decisions, and that decisionmakers generally emphasize the role of science in those decisions. Nonetheless, critics on all sides of the political spectrum claim to believe that regulatory decisions remain too political and insufficiently scientific. Administration of the Endangered Species Act (ESA) in the Klamath Basin illustrates the challenges of scientifically managing nature. A series of science-based decisions are needed, from species listing to consultation on federal actions. Those decisions carry substantial costs for the …


The Law Of Later-Developing Riparian States: The Case Of Afghanistan, (With J. Mcmurray), A. Dan Tarlock Mar 2005

The Law Of Later-Developing Riparian States: The Case Of Afghanistan, (With J. Mcmurray), A. Dan Tarlock

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Environmental Trade Measures, The Shrimp-Turtle Rulings, And The Ordinary Meaning Of The Text Of The Gatt, Howard F. Chang Jan 2005

Environmental Trade Measures, The Shrimp-Turtle Rulings, And The Ordinary Meaning Of The Text Of The Gatt, Howard F. Chang

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Shifting Sands: The Limits Of Science In Setting Risk Standards, Cary Coglianese, Gary E. Marchant Apr 2004

Shifting Sands: The Limits Of Science In Setting Risk Standards, Cary Coglianese, Gary E. Marchant

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Regulators need to rely on science to understand problems and predict the consequences of regulatory actions, but over reliance on science can actually contribute to, or at least deflect attention from, incoherent policymaking. In this article, we explore the problems with using science to justify policy decisions by analyzing the Environmental Protection Agency's recently revised air quality standards for ground-level ozone and particulate matter, some of the most significant regulations ever issued. In revising these standards, EPA mistakenly invoked science as the exclusive basis for its decisions and deflected attention from a remarkable series of inconsistencies. For example, even though …


A Brief Examination Of The History Of The Persistent Debate About Limits To Western Growth, A. Dan Tarlock Mar 2004

A Brief Examination Of The History Of The Persistent Debate About Limits To Western Growth, A. Dan Tarlock

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A First Look At A Modern Legal Regime For A "Post-Modern" United States Army Corps Of Engineers, A. Dan Tarlock Mar 2004

A First Look At A Modern Legal Regime For A "Post-Modern" United States Army Corps Of Engineers, A. Dan Tarlock

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Water Law Reform In West Virginia: The Broader Context, A. Dan Tarlock Mar 2004

Water Law Reform In West Virginia: The Broader Context, A. Dan Tarlock

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Ecological Science For Lawyers: A Book Review, Fred P. Bosselman Jan 2004

Ecological Science For Lawyers: A Book Review, Fred P. Bosselman

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A Dozen Biodiversity Puzzles, Fred P. Bosselman Jan 2004

A Dozen Biodiversity Puzzles, Fred P. Bosselman

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Slouching Toward Eden: The Eco-Pragmatic Challenges Of Ecosystem Revival, In Symposium, The Pragmatic Ecologist: Environmental Protection As Jurisdynamic Experience, A. Dan Tarlock Mar 2003

Slouching Toward Eden: The Eco-Pragmatic Challenges Of Ecosystem Revival, In Symposium, The Pragmatic Ecologist: Environmental Protection As Jurisdynamic Experience, A. Dan Tarlock

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Water Supply And Urban Growth In New Mexico: Same Old, Same Old Or A New Era?, (With L. Lucero), A. Dan Tarlock Mar 2003

Water Supply And Urban Growth In New Mexico: Same Old, Same Old Or A New Era?, (With L. Lucero), A. Dan Tarlock

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New Mexico and other arid western states face the following dilemma: Rapid urban growth and the increasing demand for the dedication of water to aquatic ecosystem services are placing new stresses on the ability of available water supplies to support these new demands at a time when a coherent federal supply and water policy no longer exists and states have been slow to fill the vacuum. The answer to the increasing demand for water is no longer simply to augment supply through new diversions, high-capacity wells, or the construction of large storage reservoirs. Instead, in today's increasingly unmediated, competitive water …


Fish, Farms, And The Clash Of Cultures In The Klamath Basin, (With H. Doremus), A. Dan Tarlock Mar 2003

Fish, Farms, And The Clash Of Cultures In The Klamath Basin, (With H. Doremus), A. Dan Tarlock

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Connecting Land, Water, And Growth (With L. Lucero), A. Dan Tarlock Mar 2002

Connecting Land, Water, And Growth (With L. Lucero), A. Dan Tarlock

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The Future Of Prior Appropriation In The West, A. Dan Tarlock Mar 2002

The Future Of Prior Appropriation In The West, A. Dan Tarlock

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The Potential Role Of Local Governments In Watershed Management, A. Dan Tarlock Mar 2002

The Potential Role Of Local Governments In Watershed Management, A. Dan Tarlock

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What Lawmakers Can Learn From Large-Scale Ecology, Fred P. Bosselman Feb 2002

What Lawmakers Can Learn From Large-Scale Ecology, Fred P. Bosselman

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Reconnecting Property Rights To Watersheds, A. Dan Tarlock Mar 2000

Reconnecting Property Rights To Watersheds, A. Dan Tarlock

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