This book chapter provides a new lens for identifying exclusionary zoning that focuses on the economic effects instead of any particular characteristic, looking at the extent to which the economic values of public services like high-quality public schools are capitalized into property values.
Christopher SerkinMarch 20, 2020
The number of plaintiffs taking energy firms to court for ignoring climate-related risks is growing. By revealing how the sector is not prepared—and not preparing—for what is coming, their cases are pressing the energy sector to treat those risks as a cost of doing business.
Justin GundlachFebruary 17, 2020
This article assesses how the Green New Deal, and particularly renewable energy, will fare under current siting and environmental protection statutory regimes and concludes that for the Green New Deal to success in its renewable energy and infrastructure goals, these regulatory regimes will need to tolerate more streamlined, top-down, preemptive…
J.B. Ruhl and James SalzmanFebruary 4, 2020
This Article provides a comprehensive survey of the roles attribution science plays in climate change law and litigation.
Michael Burger, Jessica Wentz and Radley HortonFebruary 2, 2020
This article reviews private governance initiatives, outlines the prospects of the framework for understanding and guiding private governance and identifies future research priorities for applying this framework
Jonathan Gilligan and Michael BurgerFebruary 1, 2020
This article discusses Larry Fink's 2020 letter, the need for investors to lead on climate action, and how they can do so.
Thomas MurrayJanuary 16, 2020
This article discusses the integration of an ecosystem services framework into land use and environmental governance and outlines general principles and guidelines for local policy.
J.B. RuhlJanuary 1, 2020
This article proposes a private standards and certification system to induce media firms to provide more complete and accurate information, which would use a new private fairness doctrine to replace the standard repealed by the FCC, and would bolster the social checks and balances that support the processes of democratic…
Michael VandenberghDecember 6, 2019
This book chapter synthesizes the body of work using complexity science—the study of complex adaptive systems—to explore the theoretical and empirical bases for thinking of legal systems as complex adaptive systems.
J.B. Ruhl and Daniel KatzDecember 2, 2019