Harvesting A Lawsuit: Challenging The Enforcement And Validity Of Monsanto's Transgenic Seed Patents,
2012
University of Kentucky
Harvesting A Lawsuit: Challenging The Enforcement And Validity Of Monsanto's Transgenic Seed Patents, Kelly E. Calder
Kentucky Journal of Equine, Agriculture, & Natural Resources Law
No abstract provided.
Naturally Confusing Consumers: Express Federal Preemption Of State Claims Regarding False And Misleading Food Product Labels,
2012
University of Kentucky
Naturally Confusing Consumers: Express Federal Preemption Of State Claims Regarding False And Misleading Food Product Labels, Taryn M. Deveau
Kentucky Journal of Equine, Agriculture, & Natural Resources Law
No abstract provided.
Valuing Derivative Suits In Mergers Of Food And Natural Resource Corporations Through Analyzing The Massey And Alpha Natural Resources Merger: Methods Of Ensuring Corporate Accountability And Maximizing Shareholder Value,
2012
University of Kentucky
Valuing Derivative Suits In Mergers Of Food And Natural Resource Corporations Through Analyzing The Massey And Alpha Natural Resources Merger: Methods Of Ensuring Corporate Accountability And Maximizing Shareholder Value, Robert Proudfoot
Kentucky Journal of Equine, Agriculture, & Natural Resources Law
No abstract provided.
Gentle Into That Good Night: Subsidy Expiration Provides A Lesson In Reform Through Inactions,
2012
University of Michigan Law School
Gentle Into That Good Night: Subsidy Expiration Provides A Lesson In Reform Through Inactions, Max Bulinksi
University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform Caveat
After thirty years, Congress let the federal subsidy for corn-based ethanol expire on December 31, 2011. Although the influence of “Big Corn” is not as ubiquitously known as that of “Big Oil” or pharmaceuticals, the agricultural sector is consistently ranked among the top sectors for lobbying expenditures. This political clout is well demonstrated by the extent of the former subsidy. The ethanol subsidy has been in existence for the last thirty years and cost taxpayers roughly six billion dollars in each recent year.
Hot, Crowded, And Legal: A Look At Industrial Agriculture In The United States And Brazil,
2012
Pace Law School; Federal University of Bahia, Brazil
Hot, Crowded, And Legal: A Look At Industrial Agriculture In The United States And Brazil, David N. Cassuto, Sarah Saville
Animal Law Review
Over the last sixty years, industrial agriculture has expanded in the United States and throughout the world, including in Brazil. Any benefit this expansion has brought comes at significant environmental and social costs. Industrial agriculture is a leading contributor to global climate change, air and water pollution, deforestation, and dangers in the workplace. This Article discusses the impact of industrial animal agriculture in the U.S. and Brazil. It also examines the laws pertaining to industrial agriculture in both countries and provides a comparative analysis of the two legal regimes. Finally, this Article concludes with the observation that although the price …
Food Choice And Fundamental Rights: A Piece Of Cake Or Pie In The Sky?,
2012
University of Nevada, Las Vegas -- William S. Boyd School of Law
Food Choice And Fundamental Rights: A Piece Of Cake Or Pie In The Sky?, Kammi L. Rencher
Nevada Law Journal
No abstract provided.
Superweeds And Suspect Seeds: Does The Genetically-Engineered Crop Deregulation Process Put American Agriculture At Risk,
2012
University of New Hampshire School of Law
Superweeds And Suspect Seeds: Does The Genetically-Engineered Crop Deregulation Process Put American Agriculture At Risk, Margaret Sova Mccabe
Law Faculty Scholarship
The federal government’s regulatory approach to genetically engineered (GE) crops, known as “The Framework”, is now twenty-five years old. Despite two and half decades of a consistent regulatory regime, GE crop and food regulation remains controversial. This article suggests that regulatory science and its tenets of independence, transparency, and public science should guide reforms of The Framework so that it is an efficient and reliable regulatory system. The article has four parts: 1) it provides a brief overview of the history of GE crop regulation; 2)it describes the key attributes of The Framework and related regulatory documents, with particular focus …
A Thousand Tiny Pieces: The Federal Circuit’S Fractured Myriad Ruling, Lessons To Be Learned, And The Way Forward,
2012
American University Washington College of Law, Washington D.C.
A Thousand Tiny Pieces: The Federal Circuit’S Fractured Myriad Ruling, Lessons To Be Learned, And The Way Forward, Jonathan R. K. Stroud
IP Theory
No abstract provided.
The Second Annual Environmental Law And Justice Symposium Issue,
2012
Florida A & M University College of Law
The Second Annual Environmental Law And Justice Symposium Issue, Randall S. Abate
Florida A & M University Law Review
No abstract provided.
How Sweet It Isn't: Big Sugar's Power Politics And The Fate Of The Florida Everglades,
2012
Florida A&M University College of Law
How Sweet It Isn't: Big Sugar's Power Politics And The Fate Of The Florida Everglades, Katherine Mohr
Florida A & M University Law Review
No abstract provided.
Tribal Rituals Of The Mdl: A Comment On Williams, Lee, And Borden, Repeat Players In Multidistrict Litigation,
2012
Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
Tribal Rituals Of The Mdl: A Comment On Williams, Lee, And Borden, Repeat Players In Multidistrict Litigation, Myriam E. Gilles
Articles
No abstract provided.
Food Fight: The Impending Agricultural Crisis And A Reasonable Response To Price Volatility,
2012
Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law
Food Fight: The Impending Agricultural Crisis And A Reasonable Response To Price Volatility, Aaron Sternick
Villanova Environmental Law Journal (1991 - )
No abstract provided.
The Water Marketing Solution,
2012
University of Colorado Law School
Toward A Constructive Engagement: Agricultural Biotechnology As A Public Health Incentive In Less-Developed Countries,
2011
University of Ottawa, Ontario
Toward A Constructive Engagement: Agricultural Biotechnology As A Public Health Incentive In Less-Developed Countries, Chidi Oguamanam
Journal of Food Law & Policy
Discourses on global public health crises, especially as they impact the less-developed world, focus mostly on the issue of access to life-saving drugs for needy populations. Also, they implicate the misalignment of global pharmaceutical research and development (R&D) agenda with the health needs of the poor. Equally attracting significant attention is the role of intellectual property in driving up the cost of drugs and exacerbating the drug access freeze to needy populations. More often, the conceptual strings of these discussions are woven around a complex interaction of themes, including those of globalization, the development narrative, and strategic changes in international …
United States Food Law Update: Moving Toward A More Balanced Food Regulatory Regime,
2011
University of Illinois, Champaign
United States Food Law Update: Moving Toward A More Balanced Food Regulatory Regime, A. Bryan Endres, Nicholas R. Johnson
Journal of Food Law & Policy
For decades, the federal government has played a significant role in promoting healthy eating. In the early 1900s, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) promoted a foundational diet of milk, proteins, fruits and vegetables, and grains. Most Americans are at least somewhat familiar, although perhaps confused, with the more nuanced healthy eating recommendations contained in the food pyramid - first employed in 1992. And virtually every American has experienced the federally supported school lunch program. In the first half of 2011, these two iconic programs underwent significant change as part of a stepped-up effort to improve the health of …
Property Rights In Land, Agricultural Capitalism, And The Relative Decline Of Pre-Industrial China,
2011
University of San Diego
Property Rights In Land, Agricultural Capitalism, And The Relative Decline Of Pre-Industrial China, Taisu Zhang
San Diego International Law Journal
Scholars have long debated how legal institutions influenced the economic development of societies and civilizations. This Article sheds new light on this debate by reexamining, from a legal perspective, a crucial segment of the eighteenth and nineteenth century economic divergence between England and China: By 1700, English agriculture had become predominantly capitalist, reliant on managerial farms worked chiefly by hired labor. On the other hand, Chinese agriculture counterproductively remained household-based throughout the Qing and Republican eras. The explanation for this key agricultural divergence, which created multiple advantages for English proto-industry, lies in differences between Chinese and English property right regimes, …
Are Food Subsidies Making Our Kids Fat? Tensions Between The Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act And The Farm Bill,
2011
Washington and Lee University School of Law
Are Food Subsidies Making Our Kids Fat? Tensions Between The Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act And The Farm Bill, Melissa D. Mortazavi
Washington and Lee Law Review
On December 15, 2010, President Obama signed the Healthy Hunger- Free Kids Act of 2010 (HHFKA)1 into law. It was hailed as a bipartisan success and a significant reform of childhood nutrition policy. Indeed, on its surface the law appears to make a significant shift away from the food paradigm of the past. However, upon closer examination, it fails to unwind the tangled connections between domestic eating habits and longstanding farm subsidies. This Article breaks new ground in several ways: First, it is one of the first essays in the emerging and underexplored field of food law, a crosssection of …
The Global Politics Of Food: A Critical Overview,
2011
Villanova University School of Law
The Global Politics Of Food: A Critical Overview, Beth Lyon, Nancy Ehrenreich
Working Paper Series
In May 2010, the Universidad Iberoamericana Ciudad México hosted an international conference on The Global Politics of Food: Sustainability and Subordination, bringing together 33 academics and activists from seven countries to exchange ideas and information on The Global Politics of Food: Sustainability and Subordination. Published in the University of Miami Inter-American Law Review, the Symposium papers examine the complex ways in which the global food system reinforces hierarchies of power and privilege. “The Global Politics of Food: A Critical Overview” provides a substantive introduction to the Symposium, identifying the disparate strands of the vast field of food politics and suggesting …
A Breath Of Fresh Air: Methods And Obstacles For Achieving Air Pollution Reduction In Washington Factory Farm Communities,
2011
University of Washington School of Law
A Breath Of Fresh Air: Methods And Obstacles For Achieving Air Pollution Reduction In Washington Factory Farm Communities, Linda M. Thompson
Washington Journal of Environmental Law & Policy
“Animal feeding operations (AFOs),” or, if large enough, “concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs),” have become increasingly concentrated in ownership, location, and quantity of animals since the 1950s. The Yakima Valley of central Washington is one area that has been subject to an influx of these industrial farms, raising health and environmental concerns for residents. Despite scientific evidence of potential harm, citizens have had difficulty enforcing air emissions regulation. The problem is twofold: the EPA is still working with the industry to develop a methodology for emission monitoring––the effectiveness of which remains unclear––and, assuming monitoring methods existed, the statutory framework provides …
Patents, Genetically Modified Foods, And Ip Overreaching,
2011
University of Florida Levin College of Law
Patents, Genetically Modified Foods, And Ip Overreaching, Elizabeth A. Rowe
UF Law Faculty Publications
Genetically engineered plants and animals have become and will continue to constitute a large part of the food we consume. The United States is the world's largest producer of genetically modified foods, making American consumers the most exposed population to these products. Agricultural biotechnology patents spur and support innovation. Accordingly, patent law is one of the main contributors to this phenomenon that has changed not only the kinds of food we eat, but the nature of the agri-business industry that produces these foods. This Article takes on an area of concern involving the patenting of food that has remained unexplored: …
