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curriculum vitae |
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ERROL
E.
MEIDINGER |
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EDUCATION |
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1974-1979 |
Northwestern University.
Program in Law and the Social Sciences. M.A. 1977, J.D. 1979, Ph.D. 1987.
John Henry Wigmore Scholar (law) and University Fellow (sociology). |
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1973-1974 |
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1970-1973 |
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PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS |
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Current |
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1999-2000 |
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1998-2000 |
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1993-1994 |
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1991-1992 |
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1982-1987 |
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1979-1982 |
Lewis and
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Sum. 1979 |
Beveridge,
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1977-1978 |
Environmental Policy Institute,
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1976-1977 |
Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL.
Research
Associate.
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SCHOLARSHIP
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Articles and Chapters |
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in draft |
"Property
Law for Development Policy and Institutional Theory: Problems of
Structure, Choice and Change."
Prepared for a workshop on The Mystery of Capital and the Construction of
Social Reality: A Multi-Disciplinary Workshop with Hernando De Soto and
John Searle.
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in draft |
"Emerging
Trans-Sectoral Regulatory Structures in Global Civil Society: The Case of
ISEAL"
(the International Social and Environmental Labelling
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forth-coming |
"Law
and Constitutionalism in the Mirror of Non-Governmental Standards."
In Christian Joerges, Inger-Johanne Sand, Gunther Teubner (eds.),
Transnational Governance and Constitutionalism, ( |
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2003 |
"The New
Environmental Law:
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2003 |
"The
Fundamentals of Forest Certification" (with Chris
Elliott and Gerhard Oesten). In Errol Meidinger, Chris Elliott and
Gerhard Oesten (eds.), Social and Political Dimensions of
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2003 |
"Forest
Certification as a Global Civil Society Regulatory Institution."
In Errol Meidinger, Chris Elliott and Gerhard Oesten (eds.), Social and
Political Dimensions of
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2003 |
"Forest
Certification as Environmental Law Making by Global Civil Society,"
In Errol Meidinger, Chris Elliott and Gerhard Oesten (eds.), Social and
Political Dimensions of
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2001 |
"Private
Environmental Certification Systems and U.S Environmental Law: Closer than
You May Think." Environmental Law Reporter,
31:10162-10179 (Feb). |
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2000 |
Incorporation of "Private" Environmental Certification Systems in Formal
Legal Systems: the
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1999-2000 |
"Private
Environmental Standard Setting, Human Rights, and Human Communities."
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1998 |
"Reconstituting
Haudenosaunee Law, Sovereignty, and Governance,"
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1998 |
"Laws
and Institutions in Cross-Boundary Stewardship." In R.
L. Knight and P.B. Landres, Stewardship Across Boundaries.
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1997 |
"Look
Who’s Making the Rules: the Roles of the FSC and ISO in International
Environmental Policy." Human Ecology Review.
4:52-54. |
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1997 |
"Organizational
and Legal Challenges for Ecosystem Management." In
Kathryn A. Kohm and Jerry F. Franklin, Creating a Forestry for the 21st
Century: The Science of Ecosystem Management.
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1996 |
Margaret A.
Shannon, Errol E. Meidinger, and Roger N. Clark, "Science
Advocacy is Inevitable: Deal with It." Proceedings of
the Society of American Foresters.
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1993 |
"The
Changing Legal Environment of Northern Forest Policy Making."
In Sustaining Ecosystems, Economies, and a Way of Life in the Northern
Forests,
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1989 |
"The
Development of ‘Emissions Trading’ in
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1988 |
"Forging New
Solutions Out of Conflicting Values and Tenuous Institutions." In
Environmental Dispute Resolution in the Great Lakes Region: A Critical
Appraisal, Lynne S. Bankert and R. Warren Flint, eds.,
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1987 |
"Regulatory
Culture: A Theoretical Outline." Law & Policy,
9(4):355-386. |
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1986 |
"The
Politics of ‘Market Mechanisms’ in
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1985 |
Barry Boyer
and Errol Meidinger, "Privatizing
Regulatory Enforcement: A Preliminary Assessment of Citizen Suits Under
Federal Environmental Laws."
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1985 |
"On
Explaining the Development of 'Emissions Trading' in U.S. Air Pollution
Regulation." Law & Policy, 7(4):457-489. |
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1980 |
Errol
Meidinger and Allan Schnaiberg, "Social Impact Assessment as Evaluation
Research: Claimants and Claims." Evaluation Review, 4:507-537
(August). Reprinted in H. Freeman, Ed., Evaluation Studies Review
Annual, 1981 and in F. Buttel, A. Frahm and C. Humphrey,
Environment and Society, 1984. |
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1980 |
"The 'Public
Uses' of Eminent DomaIn History and Policy." Environmental Law,
ll:l-66. |
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1979 |
"Modeling
the Local Impacts of Energy Development: A Critique." In M.G. Carver and
M.H. Hamza, eds., Simulation, Modeling and Decision in Energy Systems.
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1978 |
Allan
Schnaiberg and Errol Meidinger, "Social Reality versus Analytic Mythology:
Social Impact Assessment of Natural Resource Utilization." Presented to
the American Sociological Association and published in Schnaiberg, The
Environment: From Surplus to Scarcity, Chapter VII,
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1977 |
"Bar Polls:
What They Measure, What They Miss." Judicature, 60 (10):469-477
(May). |
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Books and Monographs |
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2003 |
Errol
Meidinger, Christopher Elliott, and Gerhard Oesten, eds., Social and
Political Implications of
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1980 |
Richard
McCleary and Richard A. Hay, with collaboration of David McDowall and
Errol Meidinger, Applied Time Series Analysis for the Social Sciences.
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1980 |
David
McDowall, Richard McCleary, Errol Meidinger and Richard A. Hay,
Interrupted Time Series Analysis.
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1977 |
James H.
Guterman and Errol E. Meidinger, In the Opinion of the Bar: A National
Survey of Bar Polling Practices.
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Reports and Comments |
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2000 |
"Human
Rights, Development, and Environmental Protection: A Holy Trinity or
Conflicting Regimes?" Proceedings of the American Society of International
Law." 94:215-217. |
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1998 |
Roger N.
Clark, Errol E. Meidinger, and others, "Integrating
Science and Policy in Natural Resource Management: Lessons and
Opportunities From North America."
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1997 |
"From
‘Winners and Losers’ to New Authority Structures in Ecological Policy."
Human Ecology Review. 4(1):49-51. |
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1996 |
Errol E.
Meidinger, Roger N. Clark, and Margaret A. Shannon, "Science and Policy in
Natural Resources: Conceptual Propositions Drawn from Case Studies and the
Literature." Report prepared for the Rennsalaerville Science and Policy
Seminar,
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1996 |
Case studies
of bio-regional science-policy processes prepared for the Rennsalaerville
Science and Policy Seminar,
Intensive
Case Studies:
Overview
Case Studies:
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1995 |
Alex Antypas
and Errol Meidinger, "Central
Themes in the Literature on Science-Intensive Policy Disputes."
Report to the Pacific Northwest Research Station,
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1994 |
"Models of
Organization and Ecosystem Management". Paper prepared for the Conference
on Institutional Barriers and Incentives for Ecosystem Management,
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1993 |
Regulatory Federalism Under Partial Preemption Statutes.
Draft Report to the Administrative Conference of the
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1992 |
Errol
Meidinger, "Administrative
Regulation and Democracy." Working Paper, Working Group on
Sociology of Regulation,
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1987 |
Barry Boyer,
Errol Meidinger, John Thomas, and Jasbinder Singh, "Theoretical
Perspectives on Environmental Compliance." Report to the
Regulatory Innovations
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1985 |
Barry Boyer
and Errol Meidinger, "Privatizing Regulatory Enforcement: A Preliminary
Assessment of Citizen Suits Under Federal Environmental Laws." Report to
the Administrative Conference of the
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1985 |
"Mitigating
and Compensating the Costs of High Level Nuclear Waste Disposal Siting in
the American Legal System." Report to the Social Impact Assessment Center,
New York, N.Y., on behalf of the Mississippi State Energy and
Transportation Board. |
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1983 |
Errol
Meidinger and William Freudenberg, "The Legal Status of Social Impact
Assessment: Recent Developments." Environmental Sociology Newsletter,
pp. 30-34. |
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1979 |
"Modeling
the Social Impacts of Capital Projects." Topical Paper. Northwestern
University Department of Sociology,
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Reviews and Notes |
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1992 |
Errol
Meidinger, " |
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1987 |
Review of
Paulette Mandelbaum, ed., Acid RaIn Economic Assessment. In
Contemporary Sociology 16:366. |
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1983 |
Review of
R.S. Maxwell and R.D. Baker, Sawdust Empire: The
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1979 |
Errol
Meidinger and Robert L. Nelson, review of Harry M. Johnson, ed., Social
System and Legal Process: Theory, Comparative Perspectives, and Special
Studies. In Sociology and Social Research, 63:376-378
(January). |
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1978 |
Review of
Anne Strick, Injustice for All. In Judicature, 61:333-334
(February). |
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Formal Presentations
(since 1991) |
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2004 |
"Property
Institutions for Development Policy." Presented to the International Ph.D.
Program,
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2003 |
"Property
Law for Development Policy and Institutional Theory: Problems of
Structure, Choice, and Change." Presented to the
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2003 |
"The Public
Law of Global Civil Society: Some Provisional Observations." Presented to
faculty seminars at the
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2003 |
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2002 |
"Compliance
and Discipline Don't Cut It Anymore: Can We Talk About Ends?" Presentation
to the panel on "Redefining the Fields: Responsive Regulation Meets
Governmentality," Law and Society Association,
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2002 |
"Organized
and Disorganized Civil Society in the Transnational Regulatory System."
Presentation to the conference on "Law and Disorganized Civil Society: The
Framing of Post-National Political Movements in the Context of Global
Economic Governance," European University Institute,
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2002 |
"Environmental Law Making by Global Civil Society: the
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2002 |
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2001 |
“What
Certification Regimes Could Learn from Governmental Legal Regimes.”
Presentation to the Conference on Certification Institutions and Private
Governance,
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2001 |
“Why Does
Anyone Worry About Constitutionalism in Transnational Governance?”
Presentation to the Conference on Constitutionalism and Transnational
Governance, European University Institute,
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2001 |
"Global
Civil Society, Government, and Environmental Law," presented to the
Conference on Environmental Law for a Sustainable Society,
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2001 |
“Emerging
Trans-Sectoral Regulatory Structures in Global Civil Society: |
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2001 |
"Environmental
Law for Global Civil Society: the Forest Certification Prototype,"
paper presented to the International Conference on Social and
Environmental Implications of Forest Certification,
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2001 |
"Self-Regulation as a Path to Sustainability," National Conference of the
Institute of Chartered Foresters,
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2000 |
(with Barry
Boyer) "Improving Environmental Monitoring and Stewardship in the Niagara
Region: A 21st Century Agenda," International Joint Commission Science
Advisory Board Meeting,
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2000 |
"The Revival
of Private Regulatory Enforcement in the
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2000 |
"How
Environmental Certification Systems Are Likely to Affect Formal Legal
Systems," presented to the
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2000 |
2000
"Private Environmental Standard Setting and Traditional Legal Systems:
Steering the State," presented to the
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2000 |
"Global
Climate Policy at the Beginning of the New Millennium: an American
Perspective," supported by the
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2000 |
"Incorporating Environmental Certification Systems in North American Legal
Systems," paper presented at the EU Concerted Action on Voluntary
Approaches workshop on "The Integration of Voluntary Approaches into
Existing Legal Systems," Brussels, February 24-25. |
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1999 |
"The Growing
Role of "Private" Organizations in Environmental Standard Setting --
Steering the State?" presented with the support of the German-American
Lawyers Association to the German International Graduate School of
Management and Administration, December 8. |
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1999 |
"The
Counter-Reformation in American Administrative Law," presented with the
support of the German-American Lawyers Association to the
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1999 |
"Anti-corruption Policy in
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1999 |
"Key Issues
in Forest Certification," presented to the 27th International
Forestry Students Symposium,
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1999 |
"Forest
Certification as a Form of Public Policy" 32nd Forest Economics
Colloquium,
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1999 |
"Environmental Regulation by ‘Private’ Organizations: Theoretical
Perspectives," Session on "Rethinking Regulation I: The Structuring of
Relations of Regulation." Annual Meetings of the Law and Society
Association,
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1998 |
"Forests
Without Boundaries: Environmental Regulation by Non-Governmental
Organizations." International Association for the Study of Common
Property,
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1998 |
"Private
Environmental Standard Setting, Human Rights, and Community."
International Workshop on Human Rights, Environment, and Community, State
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1998 |
"Today's
Renewed Faith in Science for Environmental Policy. What Kind of Science?
What Kind of Policy." Carl-Schurz-Society and Colloquium Practicum,
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1996 |
"Science
Advocacy is Inevitable -- Deal With It." Society of American Foresters,
November 11, 1996,
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1996 |
"Science and
Collaboration in Ecosystem Management -- New Authority Structures?" Law
and Society Association,
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1995 |
"Perspectives on the Role of Science in Natural Resources Policy." Society
of American Foresters,
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1995 |
"Dealing
with the Ambiguity and Politics of Science in the Natural Resources
Curriculum." Eighth Annual Institute for Natural Resources Law Teachers,
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1995 |
"Transforming Communities from Supplicants into Patrons and Practitioners
of Science." Conference on Public Interest Science,
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1995 |
"The
Legislative History and Antecedents of FACA." Conference on Understanding
the Federal Advisory Committee Act: Implications for Public Involvement on
the National Forests, sponsored by the Forest Trust and the Pinchot
Institute, Washington, D.C. March 31. |
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1994 |
"Society and
Nature: Creating Ecosystem Institutions." Conference on Concepts in
Ecosystem Management II,
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1994 |
"Property,
Public Trust, and Ecosystem Management." Conference on Public and Private
Rights in Land and Resources: Workable Solutions,
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1994 |
"Law,
Ecosystem Institutions, and Sustainability." Sustainability Roundtable,
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1994 |
"The
Production and
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1994 |
"The
Changing Ecology of the American Legal System." Seminar on Attaining a
Sustainable Society,
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1994 |
"Environmental Crime Prosecutions and Criminal Law." Mini-Workshop on
Environmental Issues Across the Curriculum, Annual Meetings of the
Association of
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1993 |
"The Forest
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1992 |
"The
Changing Legal Dynamics of
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1992 |
Discussant:
"Interest Groups, Agencies and Environmental Law." Annual Meetings of the
Law and Society Association,
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1992 |
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1992 |
"Why the New
Clean Air Act May Work Badly (or, How Not to Design a System that Can
Think)." Presentation to the Environmental Law Society,
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1992 |
"The Impact
of the New Clean Air Act on State and Local Governments." State and Local
Environmental Management Course, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public
Affairs, Syracuse University, February 15, 1992. |
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1992 |
"Culture,
Community and Ecosystems: Outline of an Approach to
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Teaching
Materials |
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1999- |
Cases, Materials and Problems for Environmental Law
I and 2.
Internet based teaching materials organized around ecosystems prepared
jointly with Barry Boyer and Margaret Shannon. |
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1997-2000 |
Materials for Administrative Law.
Provided in digital form for student access via the internet. |
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COURSES TAUGHT |
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Current
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Environmental Law 1
and
Environmental Law 2. Review of institutional
frameworks and ecological perspectives for defining and resolving
environmental problems. Includes common law, administrative, market,
stakeholder, and informational mechanisms. (With Barry Boyer and Margaret
Shannon). |
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Administrative Law.
Examination of the constitutional status, political role, organization,
procedures, powers, jurisdiction, and obligations of administrative
agencies. |
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Property.
Introduction to traditional interests in property and the legal framework
for managing, allocating, and distributing resources. Focuses largely on
the classical 'private law' system, but emphasizes the social origins and
effects of property interests. |
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Private
Law Making.
Seminar examining the rapidly growing practice of standard setting and
enforcement by networks of non-governmental organizations. |
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Introduction to American Public Law.
Short course discussing the basic structure, principles, and operation of
the
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Recent
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Colloquium on Current Issues in Environmental Policy.
Upper level course for law students enrolled in the Environmental
Concentration. Examines cutting edge issues in environmental policy. (With
Margaret Shannon). |
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Enforcing Environmental Law.
First year bridge course on the private and public enforcement of
environmental laws. (With Barry Boyer) |
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Introduction to U.S. Environmental Law.
Short Course for Law Students at the
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Forest Certification as Environmental Policy Making.
Short Course for Forestry Students at the
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Law and
Ecosystem Management.
Seminar on the legal issues confronting efforts to achieve ecosystem based
management through inter-jurisdictional and inter-ownership coordination
and information sharing. |
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Science
and Natural Resources Policy.
Seminar on the changing role of science in natural resources and
environmental policy making.
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Past
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Natural
Resource Regulation and Administration.
Builds on the institutional structure outlined by the basic property
course, but focuses primarily on the operation of legislative and
administrative agencies in regulating 'private' and managing 'public'
resources. |
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Air
Pollution Regulation.
Seminar on the legal and institutional structure of air pollution
regulation in the North America, Europe, and
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Tribal
Law and Sovereignty.
(With John Mohawk and Robert Porter). Seminar inquiring into the meaning,
implications, possibility, and implementation of tribal sovereignty in the
modern world. |
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Federal
Indian Law.
Introduction to the general legal framework, primarily federal, in which
issues involving Native Americans and their communities are adjudicated. |
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Democracy.
(With Guyora Binder) Seminar on alternative ways of conceiving and
constructing democratic institutions. Relationship between "liberal" and
participatory modes of democracy. |
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Environmental Institutions.
(With Barry Boyer and John Thomas). Seminar on alternative ways of
organizing and reforming environmental regulation. |
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Regulatory Enforcement
(With Barry
Boyer and Jeff Lacey). Seminar on the problems and choices confronting
regulatory enforcement officials and how they resolve them. |
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Empirical
Research Design.
Introduction to logic and practice of social research. Emphasis on
comparative advantages and disadvantages of alternative methods. |
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Criminal
Law.
Introduction to the system in which criminal conduct is defined, detected,
evaluated, and punished in the U.S. Special emphasis on the problems posed
by "group" criminality. |
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Public
Law Processes.
Introduction to the legal structure of public law making, primarily
legislation and secondarily administration. Inquiry into the nature and
legitimacy of law in a democratic society. |
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Workshop
on Indian Law
(With John
Mohawk). Exploratory seminar on the legal issues confronting Indian
Peoples and possible ways of assisting them in developing responses. |
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Theories
of Property.
Seminar on philosophical, economic and sociological analysis of property
systems. |
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Natural
Resources Law.
Examination of legal institutions governing the use, allocation and
distribution of natural resources. Emphasis on alternative
institutional arrangements. |
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Law and
Social Policy.
Seminar examining the relationship between social interests and the
formation and implementation of legal policies.
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Torts.
General introduction to civil law rights and liabilities among persons in
non-contractual relationships.
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Energy
Law.
Survey of state and federal laws affecting production and use of common
and emerging energy forms.
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RECENT PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
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2003- |
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2001-2002 |
Interim
Director,
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1998-present |
Vice Dean of
Law for Research and Interdisciplinary Initiatives |
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1998-2000 |
Director
(founding) and Co-Director, UB Environment and Society Institute |
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1998-2000 |
Leader,
Environmental Task Force, State of the Region Project, UB Institute for
Local Governance and Regional Growth. |
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1996-2002 |
Director, UB
Law School Environmental Concentration. |
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1996-1997 |
Chair, UB
Environmental Institute Task Force.
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1995-1997 |
Member,
University at
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1990-1994 |
Co-organizer, International Working Group on Environmental Institutions,
Law and Society Association. |
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1988-1994 |
Co-editor,
Law & Policy, an interdisciplinary journal on the social dimensions
of legal policies. |
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SELECTED CONTRACT RESEARCH AND
CONSULTING |
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1994-1996 |
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1992-1996 |
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1990-1994 |
Administrative Conference of the
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1987 |
Impact
Assessment, Inc. Possible legal claims for the social impacts of a
proposed high-level nuclear waste repository at the Hanford Reservation. |
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1987 |
United
States Environmental Protection Agency. Improving environmental compliance
by regulated industries. (With Barry Boyer and John Thomas.) |
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1985 |
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1983-1985 |
Administrative Conference of the
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1983-1985 |
New York Sea
Grant Institute. Social and economic feasibility of alternative legal
frameworks for developing aquaculture. (With Barry Boyer and Edwardo
Rhodes.) |
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1980-1982 |
Mountain
West Research, Inc. ( |
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Law and
Society Association
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International Association for the Study of Common Property
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Voice: (716)
645-6692 |