Recent Law Review Articles -- August 2010

ARCTIC.
Malloy, Bonnie A. Student article. On thin ice: how a binding treaty regime can save the Arctic. 16 Hastings W.-Nw. J. Envtl. L. & Pol’y 471-511 (2010).

CLIMATE CHANGE.
Hunter, David B. Human rights implications for climate change negotiations. 11 Or. Rev. Int’l L. 331-363 (2009).

COMPARATIVE LAW.
May, James R. and Erin Daly. Vindicating fundamental environmental rights worldwide. 11 Or. Rev. Int’l L. 365-439 (2009).

Velasco, Hon. Presbitero J., Jr. Manila Bay: a daunting challenge in environmental rehabilitation and protection. 11 Or. Rev. Int’l L. 411-459 (2009).

COURTS.
Pring, George (Rock) and Catherine (Kitty) Pring. Specialized environmental courts and tribunals at the confluence between human rights and the environment. 11 Or. Rev. Int’l L. 301-329 (2009).

DAMS.
Allen, David N. Student article. The Klamath Hydroelectric Settlement Agreement: federal law, local compromise, and the largest dam removal project in history. 16 Hastings W.-Nw. J. Envtl. L. & Pol’y 427-468 (2010).

FEDERALISM.
Metres, David M. Note. The national impact test: applying principled Commerce Clause analysis to federal environmental regulation. 61 Hastings L.J. 1035-1082 (2010).

GENETIC MODIFICATION.
Cannon, Joshua B. Note. Statutory stones and regulatory mortar: using negligence per se to mend the wall between farmers growing genetically engineered crops and their neighbors. 67 Wash. & Lee L. Rev. 653-691 (2010).

Peck, Alison. Leveling the playing field in GMO risk assessment: importers, exporters and the limits of science. 28 B.U. Int’l L.J. 241-280 (2010).

HUMAN RIGHTS.
Symposium: The Confluence of Human Rights and the Environment. Introduction by student Natalie Duke; articles by Svitlana Kravchenko, Jennifer M. Gleason, Elizabeth Mitchell, George (Rock) Pring, Catherine (Kitty) Pring, David B. Hunter, James R. May, Erin Daly and Hon. Presbitero J. Velasco, Jr.; note by Michelle P. Bassi. 11 Or. Rev. Int’l L. 225-477 (2009).

INFORMATION.
Kravchenko, Svitlana. Is access to environmental information a fundamental human right? 11 Or. Rev. Int’l L. 227-265 (2009).

LAND USE.
Wells, Jennifer. Student article. In vino veritas: grapes, greed, and lawsuits in the Nappa Valley. 16 Hastings W.-Nw. J. Envtl. L. & Pol’y 515-540 (2010).

LAW OF THE SEA.
Coulter, Jessica R. Note. A sea change to change the sea: stopping the spread of the Pacific garbage patch with small-scale environmental legislation. 51 Wm. & Mary L. Rev. 1959-1995 (2010).

LEGAL PROCESS.
Bassi, Michelle P. La natuaraleza o pacha mama de Ecuador: what doctrine should grant trees standing? 11 Or. Rev. Int’l L. 461-477 (2009).

Gormley, Neil. Standing in the way of cooperation: citizen standing and compliance with environmental agreements. 16 Hastings W.-Nw. J. Envtl. L. & Pol’y 397-417 (2010).

NATIVE AMERICAN LANDS.
Koppelman, Carol B. Student article. Anderson v. Evans: the Ninth Circuit harmonizes treaty rights and the Marine Mammal Protection Act. (Anderson v. Evans, 314 F.3d 1006, 2002, amended by, 371 F.3d 475, 2004.) 16 Hastings W.-Nw. J. Envtl. L. & Pol’y 353-394 (2010).

Papez, Jacqueline R. Comment. Native (hydro)power: alternative avenues for achieving Native control of natural resources in tribal lands, with focus on hydropower dams. (Confederated Salish & Kootenah Tribes of the Flathead Reservation v. Namen, 665 F.2d 951, 1982.) 46 Idaho L. Rev. 671-697 (2010).

OIL SPILLS.
Jeffery, Bill. Oops!—accidents happen: oil pollution prevention at onshore production facilities. 49 Washburn L.J. 493-525 (2010).

OUTER SPACE.
Bilder, Richard B. A legal regime for the mining of helium-3 on the Moon: U.S. policy options. 33 Fordham Int’l L.J. 243-299 (2010).

PETROLEUM INDUSTRY.
Beck, Robert E. Current water issues in oil and gas development and production: will water control what energy we have? 49 Washburn L.J. 423-455 (2010).

The Future Course of Oil & Gas Jurisprudence II. Articles by John S. Lowe, Owen L. Anderson, Bruce M. Kraner, Keith B. Hall, David E. Pierce, Thomas A. Mitchell, Robert E. Beck, Phillip E. Norvell, Kendor P. Jones and Bill Jeffrey. 49 Washburn L.J. 235-525 (2010).

Mitchell, Thomas A. The future of oil and gas conservation jurisprudence: past as prologue. 49 Washburn L.J. 379-422 (2010).

TAKINGS.
Kent, Michael B., Jr. Theoretical tension and doctrinal discord: analyzing development impact fees as takings. 51 Wm. & Mary L. Rev. 1833-1893 (2010).

TRANSNATIONAL WATERWAYS.
McKinney, Matthew, et al. Managing transboundary natural resources: an assessment of the need to revise and update the Columbia River Treaty. 16 Hastings W.-Nw. J. Envtl. L. & Pol’y 307-350 (2010).