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Agenda: Shifting Baselines And New Meridians: Water, Resources, Landscapes, And The Transformation Of The American West, University Of Colorado Boulder. Natural Resources Law Center Jun 2008

Agenda: Shifting Baselines And New Meridians: Water, Resources, Landscapes, And The Transformation Of The American West, University Of Colorado Boulder. Natural Resources Law Center

Shifting Baselines and New Meridians: Water, Resources, Landscapes, and the Transformation of the American West (Summer Conference, June 4-6)

The Center’s 29th annual conference will focus on the changes in the West resulting from rapid population growth, development, disrupted historical weather patterns and the effects of those changes on land, water, and energy resources. Speakers and panelists will address the adaptability of the legal and political institutions and how the transformation of the West may foreshadow fundamental changes to these institutions.

The agenda includes panel discussions that will address:

  • Water for the 21st Century —the big questions in Western water and rethinking Western water law.
  • The Future of Energy —practical and sophisticated solutions to overcome the energy …


Deep Background: Journalists, Sources, And The Perils Of Leaking, William E. Lee Jun 2008

Deep Background: Journalists, Sources, And The Perils Of Leaking, William E. Lee

American University Law Review

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The Strange Case Of Josh Wolf: What It Tells Us About Privilege Law, Anthony L. Fargo Feb 2008

The Strange Case Of Josh Wolf: What It Tells Us About Privilege Law, Anthony L. Fargo

Anthony L Fargo

The case of Josh Wolf, a blogger jailed for nearly six months for failing to comply with a subpoena, highlights several problems with the law of journalist's privilege. In particular, the Wolf case demonstrates the problems of defining who is a journalist and reconciling the law among different federal circuits and between federal and state courts. A proposed federal shield law may solve some, but not all, of these problems.