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Law School News: Rwu Law Professors File Emergency Covid-19 Lawsuit 04-12-2020, Michael M. Bowden
Law School News: Rwu Law Professors File Emergency Covid-19 Lawsuit 04-12-2020, Michael M. Bowden
Life of the Law School (1993- )
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Alternative Spring Break 2018 Report, Roger Williams University School Of Law
Alternative Spring Break 2018 Report, Roger Williams University School Of Law
School of Law Conferences, Lectures & Events
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A Tale Of Two Imperiled Rivers: Reflections From A Post-Katrina World, Sandra Zellmer
A Tale Of Two Imperiled Rivers: Reflections From A Post-Katrina World, Sandra Zellmer
Nebraska College of Law: Faculty Publications
Hurricanes are a natural, predictable phenomenon, yet the Gulf Coast communities were devastated by the hurricanes of 2005. One year after Hurricane Katrina struck, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers responded to a congressional request for an accounting by admitting culpability for the destruction of New Orleans. Its structural defenses failed not because Congress had authorized only moderate Category 3 protection, which in turn let floodwaters overtop the city's levees, but because levees and floodwalls simply collapsed. The so-called network of federal and local structures was a haphazard system in name only, where floodwalls and levees of varying heights utilized …