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The Lawyer's Duty Of Competence In A Climate-Imperiled World, John C. Dernbach, Irma S. Russell, Matthew Bogoshian

UMKC Law Review

The United States has more than 1.3 million practicing lawyers. Under Model Rule 1.1 of the ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct and every state’s rules of conduct, each of these lawyers owes clients competent representation. Under the rule, “[c]ompetent representation requires the knowledge, skill, thoroughness and preparation reasonably necessary for the services.” While law and rules will undoubtedly change in response to the climate crisis, the duty of competence does not await such change or legal reform. The ubiquitous nature of the duty of competence means it is applicable to each lawyer now and will continue to evolve as …

The Chicago School’S Coasean Incoherence, Madison Condon

Faculty Scholarship

This comment traces the divergent legal academic interpretations of the Chicago School's Ronald Coase and where their influence lands--revealing the law’s inconsistent conception of just what a corporation is or should be. By following Alyssa Battistoni's investigation of the origin of the "externality," we can see the late 60s and early 1970s as a pivotal era. People were waking up to the collective costs of industrialization and pushing back against corporate power. Against this democratic wave, the writings of the Chicago School worked to separate one human person into her different roles in the economy—consumer, worker, shareholder. They used the …

Agenda: Free, Prior And Informed Consent: Pathways For A New Millennium, University Of Colorado Boulder. Getches-Wilkinson Center For Natural Resources, Energy, And The Environment, University Of Colorado Boulder. School Of Law. American Indian Law Program

Free, Prior and Informed Consent: Pathways for a New Millennium (November 1)

Presented by the University of Colorado's American Indian Law Program and the Getches-Wilkinson Center for Natural Resources, Energy & the Environment.

The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP), along with treaties, instruments, and decisions of international law, recognizes that indigenous peoples have the right to give "free, prior, and informed consent" to legislation and development affecting their lands, natural resources, and other interests, and to receive remedies for losses of property taken without such consent. With approximately 150 nations, including the United States, endorsing the UNDRIP, this requirement gives rise to emerging standards, obligations, and opportunities …

Jan. 1, 2012, Performance Standard 1, Ifc

IFC E&S Performance Standards

No abstract provided.

Mar. 2, 2011, Tnc Comments On Ifc Performance Standard 6-Version 2, Ifc

IFC E&S Performance Standards

No abstract provided.

Jan. 10, 2011, Ifc, Review-Update Policy And Performance Standards, Ifc

IFC E&S Performance Standards

No abstract provided.

Dec. 10, 2010, Ifc Performance Standards_V2, Ifc

IFC E&S Performance Standards

No abstract provided.

Dec. 1, 2010, Ifc, Policy On Soc. And Environmental Sustainability _V2, Ifc

IFC E&S Performance Standards

No abstract provided.

Nov. 2010, Bretton Woods Project, Out Of Sight, Out Of Mind, Bretton Wood Project

IFC E&S Performance Standards

No abstract provided.

Jun. 1, 2010, Ifc, The International Bill Of Human Rights And Ifc Policies And Performance Standards, Ifc

IFC E&S Performance Standards

No abstract provided.

Apr. 21, 2010, Unathored, Summary Of Positions On Ifc Policy And Performance Standards And Disclosure Policy, Ifc

IFC E&S Performance Standards

No abstract provided.

Apr. 14, 2010, Ifc, Annex B_Mark Up Of Draft Policy, Ifc

IFC E&S Performance Standards

No abstract provided.

Apr. 14, 2010, Ifc, Annex A_Review And Update Of Ifc's Sustainability - Duplicate, Ifc

IFC E&S Performance Standards

No abstract provided.

Apr. 14, 2010, Ifc, Performance Standard 1-Rev.-0.1, Ifc

IFC E&S Performance Standards

No abstract provided.

Sept. 2009, Ifc, Addressing Grievances From Project-Affected Communities, Good Practice Note, Final, Ifc

IFC E&S Performance Standards

No abstract provided.

Aug. 28, 2009, J. Loukas, Bic, An Exception To All Rules, Compare Wb And Ifc Standards, Jackob Kane Loukas

IFC E&S Performance Standards

No abstract provided.

Mar. 2009, Ifc, Project-Level Grievance Mechanisms For Affected Communities, Ifc

IFC E&S Performance Standards

No abstract provided.

Seeking A Seat At The Table: Has Law Left Environmental Ethics Behind, As It Embraces Bioethics?,, Heidi Gorovitz Robertson

Law Faculty Articles and Essays

Bioethics evolved from theoretical philosophy into an applied field. Decision makers in health and medical sciences involve bioethicists in decisions and policy making. Although people study environmental ethics, mainly in philosophy programs, environmental ethicists are not involved in decision making. I explore the development of bioethics and environmental ethics, primarily considering the role of law in their development. I ask whether laws and legal opinions encouraging the use of bioethicists in decision making promoted the development of applied bioethics, and correspondingly, whether the absence of laws and opinions promoting environmental ethicists retarded the development of applied environmental ethics. Finally, I …

The Role Of Case Studies In Natural Resources Law [Summary], John Copeland Nagle

The Future of Natural Resources Law and Policy (Summer Conference, June 6-8)

4 pages.

"John Nagle, Univ. of Notre Dame Law School" -- Agenda

Agenda: The Future Of Natural Resources Law And Policy, University Of Colorado Boulder. Natural Resources Law Center, Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation

The Future of Natural Resources Law and Policy (Summer Conference, June 6-8)

The Natural Resources Law Center's 25th Anniversary Conference and Natural Resources Law Teachers 14th Biennial Institute provided an opportunity for some of the best natural resources lawyers to discuss future trends in the field. The conference focused on the larger, cross-cutting issues affecting natural resources policy. Initial discussions concerned the declining role of scientific resource management due to the increased inclusion of economic-cost benefit analysis and public participation in the decision-making process. The effectiveness of this approach was questioned particularly in the case of non-market goods such as the polar bear. Other participants promoted the importance of public participation and …

The Growing Influence Of Tort And Property Law On Natural Resources Law: Case Studies Of Coal Bed Methane Development And Geologic Carbon Sequestration, Alexandra B. Klass

The Future of Natural Resources Law and Policy (Summer Conference, June 6-8)

19 pages.

"Alexandra B. Klass, Associate Professor of Law, University of Minnesota Law School"

Law Casebook Description And Table Of Contents: Constitutional Environmental And Natural Resources Law [Outline], Jim May, Robin Craig

The Future of Natural Resources Law and Policy (Summer Conference, June 6-8)

6 pages.

"James May, Widener University School of Law" -- Agenda

Some Preliminary Thoughts On Contrasts And Convergence In Environmental And Natural Resources Law, Karin P. Sheldon

The Future of Natural Resources Law and Policy (Summer Conference, June 6-8)

16 pages.

Includes bibliographical references

Agenda: The Climate Of Environmental Justice: Taking Stock, University Of Colorado Boulder. School Of Law

The Climate of Environmental Justice: Taking Stock (March 16-17)

On March 16-17, The Climate of Environmental Justice: Taking Stock conference gathered 125 academics and practitioners from around the country to consider the pressing issues facing low-income and/or communities of color that continue to be subjected to a disproportionate share of environmental maladies.

"Some people are more equal than others when it comes to bracing ourselves for the impacts of climate change," said conference organizer Professor Maxine Burkett. "Whether it's because poor folks lived in the lowest areas of New Orleans when Katrina floodwaters rushed in, or are less able to afford the cooling bill during increasingly frequent heat waves, …

Dec. 1, 2006, R. Kyte, Ifc, Letter To B. Jenkins, Bic, Et Al Re Review Of Ehs Guidelines, Rachel Kyte

IFC E&S Performance Standards

No abstract provided.

Nov. 3, 2006, Cao-About Us, Webpage, Cao

CAO General 1999-Present

No abstract provided.

Oct.10, 2006, Cao, Draft Op. Guidelines With D.Hunter Margin Notes, Cao

CAO General 1999-Present

No abstract provided.

Aug 1, 2006, Ifc, Draft Ehs Guidelines For Aquaculture, Ifc

IFC E&S Performance Standards

No abstract provided.

May 2006, W. Van Winklin, Cao, Overview Of Retrospective Analysis Of Cao Effectiveness, Powerpoint, Warren Van Wicklin, Cao

CAO General 1999-Present

No abstract provided.

May 3, 2006, Forest Peoples Program, Preliminary Assessment Of Ifc's New Safeguard Framework, Forest People Program

IFC E&S Performance Standards

No abstract provided.