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Collaborative Governance Under The Endangered Species Act: An Empirical Analysis Of Protective Regulations, Robert L. Fischman, Vicky J. Meretsky, Matthew P. Castelli

Articles by Maurer Faculty

Recent conservation and administrative law scholarship emphasizes the need for potential legal adversaries to work together. Stakeholders and regulators can pool their political capital, money, property, expertise, and legal leverage to achieve more than could be accomplished through mere mechanical implementation of statutory commands. Most commentators associate collaboration with programs promoting fuzzy objectives to engage the public and advisory groups.

The Endangered Species Act (ESA) is a polarizing statute that imposes seemingly uncompromising mandates. But this Article demonstrates that the ESA actually provides rich opportunities for collaborative governance. In exploring this underappreciated success story, we document how conservation collaboration adapts …

Wolastoqiyik And Mi’Kmaq Grandmothers - Land/Water Defenders Sharing And Learning Circle: Generating Knowledge For Action, Sherry Pictou, Janet Conway, Angela Day

Reports & Public Policy Documents

This report is a summary of the Grandmothers/Defenders’ stories and are interwoven with corresponding news articles, press releases, and other public documents. This is followed by an overview of some of the critical common issues and importantly, strategies for moving forward proposed by the Grandmothers/Defenders.

The Grandmother’s Report is a collection of stories told by Wolastoqiyik Grandmother/Defenders against the Sisson Mine in New Brunswick and Mi’kmaq Grandmothers against the Alton Gas project in Nova Scotia at the event, Indigenous Grandmothers Sharing and Learning Circle: Generating Knowledge for Action, held at the Tatamagouche Centre in Nova Scotia, January 26 to 27, …

Presidential Progress On Climate Change: Will The Courts Interfere With What Needs To Be Done To Save Our Planet?, Michael B. Gerrard

Faculty Scholarship

The Biden Administration is undertaking numerous actions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and transition away from fossil fuels as part of the fight against climate change. Many of these actions are likely to be challenged in court. This paper describes the various legal theories that are likely to be used in these challenges, assesses their prospects of success given the current composition of the Supreme Court, and suggests ways to minimize the risks.

Regaining Control Over The Climate Change Narrative: How To Stop Right-Wing Populism From Eroding Rule Of Law In The Climate Struggle In India, Binit Agrawal

Fordham Environmental Law Review

No abstract provided.

Innovative Regulatory And Financial Parameters For Advancing Carbon Capture And Storage Technologies, Zen Makuch, Slavina Georgieva & Behdeen Oraee-Mirzamani

Fordham Environmental Law Review

No abstract provided.

Textiles As A Source Of Microfiber Pollution And Potential Solutions, Lea M. Elston

Fordham Environmental Law Review

No abstract provided.

Lessons From Renewable Energy Diffusion For Carbon Dioxide Removal Development, Anthony E. Chavez

Fordham Environmental Law Review

No abstract provided.

Perlindungan Data Pribadi Penerima Pinjaman Dalam Transaksi Pinjam Meminjam Uang Berbasis Teknologi Informasi (Peer To Peer Lending), Hendrawan Agusta

Jurnal Hukum & Pembangunan

The development of information technology is very rapid, the collaboration between information technology and various fields of life bring in to various kinds of innovations that make peoples lives easier. Innovations in information technology bring in to new business models which in turn can produce efficiency for the community. The information technology revolution continues to grow and now entering the financial sector which is highly regulated. Collaboration between information technology and finance bring in to Financial Technology (Fintech), which is information technology-based money-lending (Peer to Peer Lending/P2P Lending). It is easier for people to access their financial needs through P2P …

Parental Responsibility Of Children Crime In Indonesian Criminal Adat Law, Ahmad Irzal Fardiansyah, Sigid Suseno, Mien Rukmini, Lies Sulistiani

Jurnal Hukum & Pembangunan

Children who are in conflict with the law cannot be separated from the responsibilities of parents as the first party in the childs environment. The relationship between parents and children is a harmonized relationship from a strong emotional connection on the basis of blood relations. This situation makes parents unable to release and be released responsibility for their childrens behavior. When children are faced with the law, policies to take over the responsibility of supervising children from parents, by denying that parents actually have the opportunity to deal with the problems of children who are dealing with the law are …

Bisnis Dan Hak Asasi Manusia Di Indonesia: Membangun Konteks Dengan Lensa Pencegahan Kekejaman Massal, Harison Citrawan

Jurnal Hukum & Pembangunan

Some efforts to contextualize the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights in Indonesia have been dominated by normative compliance review on the existing national regulations to the norms enshrined under the Principles. This article shall be divided into three parts, commencing from a brief socio-historical description on the landscape of law and development in Indonesia; along with how law and human rights adapted towards the relation between state and corporation since the colonial era. The analysis shall proceed to the types of human rights violation as a result of corporations activities, specifically in natural resource extraction sector. …

Delik Politik Dalam Hukum Pidana Indonesia, David Hardiago

Jurnal Hukum & Pembangunan

According to Indonesian penal law, an act is considered to be a criminal act based on the principle of legality. Problem arise when political crime is associated with the principle of legality, that said problem is related to the definition of political crime that is not stipulated in any of statutory provisions and/or regulations in Indonesia. This legal research aims to answer two legal problems raised by the Author, those are: Firstly, to determine the parameter of political crime in Indonesia. Secondly, to elaborate on the projection on how political crime should be stipulated in the future. The research in …

The Transparency Principle In Regional Development Banks To Implement Good Corporate Governance: A Case Study On Pt Bank Pembangunan Daerah Jawa Timur Tbk, Citranella Ramadhani Yuwana, Yetty Komalasari Dewi

Jurnal Hukum & Pembangunan

This paper discusses the obligation of Regional Development Bank (RDB) as a Regionally-Owned Enterprises (ROE) to implement Good Corporate Governance (GCG). In particular, this paper analyzes the forms of transparency principle in RDB, specifically in PT Bank Pembangunan Daerah Jawa Timur Tbk (Bank Jatim) according to existing regulations. By using legal normative method, this paper concludes that the forms of transparency principle on RDB is divided into three parts, namely preparing reports, publishing them, and ensuring that they are publicly accessible. There are at least 8 (eight) forms of transparency principle implementation, namely monthly publication report, quarterly publication report, annual …

Pemanfaatan Teknologi Cloud Computing Dalam Reformasi Birokrasi Guna Mewujudkan Kejaksaan Yang Profesional, Komunikatif Dan Akuntabel, Rudi Pradisetia Sudirdja

Jurnal Hukum & Pembangunan

Cloud computing is so populer and it has become a hot word in the tech world, especially in the era of industrial revolution 4.0 which requires speed, accuracy and precision in the business process. Cloud computing is a combination of the use of computer technology (computing) and Internet-based development (cloud), resulting in a model of processing activities, storage, software and other services provided as an integrated virtual source on an internet network. This paper examines the use of cloud computing in the implementation of bureaucratic reforms, improving the quality of prosecutors professionalism, and providing communicative and accountable public prosecutors. The …

Sistem Manajemen Mutu Pltn Dari Perspektif Regulasi Di Indonesia Dan Standar Yang Berlaku, Fery Putrawan Cusmanri

Jurnal Hukum & Pembangunan

Investment in the construction of nuclear power plants is an interesting investment. This is indicated by the emergence of investment plans for the construction of nuclear power plants in Indonesia. Communities and industries that make electricity a primary need will certainly welcome the potential energy offered by nuclear power plants. However, on the other hand the quality of NPP energy services must of course be maximized. This paper was made to provide a brief description of the management system requirements that need to be met by the NPP permit applicant along with additional best practices from the ISO 9001: 2015 …

Rekonstruksi Sistem Peradilan Pidana Korupsi Dalam Rangka Menunjang Pembangunan Nasional, Maroni Maroni, Rini Fathonah, Nenny Dwi Ariani, Mashuril Anwar

Jurnal Hukum & Pembangunan

The extent of the working area of the Regional District Court is equal to the provincial administration area consisting of Regency/city, while its position is in the provincial capital. This condition raises the legal gap in the eradication of corruption crimes, because on the one hand so the extent of the working area of the Court of Tipikor, causing many things corruption to be held, on the side will also require a large cost and a lot of judges power, and ideally will take a long time in the process of examination of a case. The study used qualitative research …

Status Kepemilikan Dan Pemanfaatan Tanah Grondkaart Di Stasiun Depok Baru, Lenteng Agung, Dan Tanjung Barat, Sulistiowati Sulistiowati, Nurhasan Ismail, Taufiq El Rahman

Jurnal Hukum & Pembangunan

The disputes over land ownership and utilization of Grondkaart for Railway activities between the government and PT KAI should not have occurred due to both having the same vested interest for the state. However, the reality shown that land ownership dan agreement status on land use with the third party. Through the qualitative analysis, the research findings: First, land originating from Grondkaart at the location still belongs to the goverment due to the land still holding the status of the right to use or Hak Pakai during the course of the time the land used by the Government and the …

Pemberlakuan Sistem Satu Orang Satu Suara (One Man One Vote) Dalam Pemilihan Pengurus Dan Pengawas Perhimpunan Pemilik Dan Penghuni Satuan Rumah Susun, Jerry Stevenson, Mella Ismelina F. R.

Jurnal Hukum & Pembangunan

Article 19 Regulation of the Minister of Public Works and Public Housing Number 23 / PRT / M / 2018 concerning the Association of Owners and Occupants of Apartment Units enforces the election of Management and Supervisors of the Association of Apartment Owners and Residents of Apartment Units only by the most votes (without prioritizing deliberation) and with one person one vote system, and with conditions that only the Owner can fulfill. Thus it can be agreed that the election of Management and Supervisors of the Association of Owners and Occupants of Apartment Units is a voting right. The purpose …

Upah Proses Dalam Pemutusan Hubungan Kerja, Fitriana Gunadi

Jurnal Hukum & Pembangunan

Wages is one of the elements in the employment relationship between an employer and a worker/employee based on the employment agreement. In accordance with the fundamental principle that is basically applicable to every workers/employees, wages will not be paid by employers if the workers/employees do not perform work (no work no pay). However in its development, there is an issue in the application of such principle since the ruling of the Decision of the Constitutional Court of Republic of Indonesia, which obliges employers to pay the wages to workers/employees who do not work because they are in the process of …

Peran Pemerintah Dalam Menginventarisasi Ekspresi Budaya Tradisional Indonesia, Andhika Putra Herzani

Jurnal Hukum & Pembangunan

The development of an increasingly advanced era, the expression of traditional culture (EBT) is vulnerable to exploitation by other parties due to the lack of awareness of the importance of the assets of intellectual works and is not well documented or documented EBT. Inventory is one of the Defensive Protection steps, a step taken by building an accurate database and inventory, registration or recording that must be played by the State. Preventive protection needs to be recorded or an inventory of Indonesias traditional culture to prevent cases of cultural claim by other countries which would certainly harm the Indonesian nation …

Problematika Pengaturan Mengenai Bentuk Badan Usaha Jasa Penunjang Tenaga Listrik Di Indonesia, Vioxcy Ananta Putra, Eny Sulistyowati, Muh Ali Masnun

Jurnal Hukum & Pembangunan

Legal development electricity growing rapidly as evidenced by the amount of law and regulations produced by both legislative and executive that govern all aspects about electricity that resulting in regulatory inflation in electricity law. The consequences of regulatory inflation in electricity law is the potential for legal unsynchronization between law and regulations in electricity sector. One of the potential for legal unsynchronization in the electricity sector is the regulation regarding the scope and form of business entities supporting electricity power in Law of the Republic of Indonesia Number 30 of 2009 on Electricity, Regulation of the Goverment of the Republic …

Interpretasi Konstitusi Dalam Pengujian Konstitusionalitas Untuk Mewujudkan The Living Constitution, Fakhris Lutfianto Hapsoro, Ismail Ismail

Jurnal Hukum & Pembangunan

The constitutional authority granted to the Constitutional Court by Article 24C paragraph (1) in the third amendment to the 1945 Constitution in the test of constitutional law against the constitution provides automatically over authority in giving the interpretation of the 1945 Constitution to the Constitutional Court. Associated with the interpretation of the constitution, then a constitution is not only considered to be a documented constitution but can be transformed into the living constitution. In practice in Indonesia, it can be found the decisions of the Constitutional Court who use constitutional interpretation to assess the constitutionality of a norm as in …

Karakteristik Pertanggungjawaban Kepala Daerah Dalam Penyelenggaraan Pemerintahan Daerah Menurut Sistem Pemerintahan Presidensial, Bachrul Amiq

Jurnal Hukum & Pembangunan

Since the beginning of the formation of the constitution for an independent Indonesia by the founders of the state, the state government system adopted is a presidential system. After the amendment to the 1945 Constitution, the perpetrators of the changes, namely the Peoples Consultative Assembly (MPR) wanted to emphasize that the 1945 Constitution of the Republic of Indonesia adhered to a pure presidential system by upholding the supremacy of the constitution, so that the executive as government administrator was responsible to the constitution. This must be in line with the implementation of local government. However, it is not explained what …

Perizinan Terhadap Adaptasi Bangunan Warisan Budaya Tjan Bian Thiong Di Kota Yogyakarta, M. G. Endang Sumiarni, Y. Sri Pudyatmoko, Yustina Niken Sharaningtyas

Jurnal Hukum & Pembangunan

This study aims to find out and examine licensing for the adaptation of the Bian Thiong Tjan Cultural Heritage Building in the city of Yogyakarta as well as to assess the background of permits granted even though the adaptation of buildings is contrary to the basic principles of preservation of Cultural Heritage Buildings. The results of the study were permits for the adaptation of the Bian Thiong Tjan Cultural Heritage Building in the city of Yogyakarta, not a permit to adapt but to apply for a building permit to establish a new building in the form of a hotel.

Bullock V. United States Bureau Of Land Mgmt., Henry O'Brien

Public Land & Resources Law Review

A Montana District Court ruled that William Perry Pendley unlawfully served as the Director of BLM for 424 days and cast doubt on the legality of many BLM decisions made during that period. The ruling took a stronger stand against the Trump administration’s liberal and brash use of acting appointees than other, similar cases have.

Introduction, Rick Applegate

Public Land & Resources Law Review

No abstract provided.

Asarco Llc V. Atlantic Richfield Co., Llc, Taylor A. Simpson

Public Land & Resources Law Review

In 2009, Asarco reached a settlement agreement with the Environmental Protection Agency for the arsenic-contaminated East Helena lead smelting facility. As part of the settlement, Asarco was responsible for $111.4 million in cleanup and remediation expenses. Following this payment, Asarco brought a contribution claim under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act against Atlantic Richfield. Finally, in 2020, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals held that Asarco’s remediation expenses of $111.4 million were not eligible for contribution because the costs were not fully incurred. The Ninth Circuit stated that only incurred or concrete, non-speculative future costs can be eligible …

Responsible Energy Storage For A Renewable Electrical Grid, Matt Longacre

Seattle Journal of Technology, Environmental, & Innovation Law

The United States economy, its national security, and even the health and safety of its citizens depend on reliably available electricity. Electricity is largely available through the grid – more than 9,200 generating units, capable of generating more than one terawatt of electricity, connected to more than 600,000 miles of wire. The grid extends to nearly everything: from charging cellphones to cellphone towers, from light emitting diodes to street lights, and from parking meters to electric cars; the grid has become ubiquitous.

The current grid infrastructure has been valued at two trillion dollars, but much of it is aging to …

Proposed Federal Osha Standards For Wildfire Smoke, Keenan Layton

Seattle Journal of Technology, Environmental, & Innovation Law

With the rise of global temperatures, climatologists predict a corresponding increase in the frequency and severity of wildfires in the Pacific Northwest. Rising temperatures are expected to create drier conditions in forests, thereby creating environmental conditions more prone to forest fires. Wildfires have become a common enough occurrence in the Pacific Northwest that summers have become synonymous with smoky conditions, but the issue is not constrained to this region. Though the Pacific Northwest has recently acted as a harbinger of increasing wildfires, environmental scientists forecast an increase in fire risk throughout the Western United States. The predicted rise in forest …

The Impact Of Cultural Heritage On Japanese Towns And Villages, Yuichiro Tsuji Dr.

Seattle Journal of Technology, Environmental, & Innovation Law

In 1954, when historically significant clays and clay pots were found in the Iba district of Shizuoka prefecture, the city applied to the prefectural education committee for a historic site designation. The committee granted this designation to the city..

However, in 1973 the education committee lifted its permission to promote development around the location. Historians have sought revocation of this decision under the Administrative Case Litigation Act (ACLA), but the Supreme Court has denied standing. By denying standing, the Japanese Supreme Court allows the prefecture to destroy a historical site.

First, this paper seeks to discuss the doctrine of standing …