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Land-Grant Universities
In their groundbreaking High Country News article on “land-grab universities,” Robert Lee and Tristian Ahtone argue that Congress’s 1862 Morrill Act, which famously granted…
Michael Banerjee -
NoteVol. 102 · Iss. 5
Crystal Courts and Muddy Waters: Wetland Regulation in a Post-Sackett World
In Sackett v. EPA, the Supreme Court held that the EPA lacks jurisdiction under the Clean Water Act to regulate wetlands, unless those wetlands…
Andrew R. Hilty -
ArticleVol. 102 · Iss. 2
Water Law Transitions in the Era of Climate Change
Although legal transitions—changes in legislation, regulations, or judicial decisions—are an inevitable part of legal progress, there are certain areas of the law where reform…
Luis Inaraja Vera -
NoteVol. 88 · Iss. 2
The Scope of “Plaintiffs’ Harm” in Environmental Preliminary Injunctions
Deep sea adventurer and advocate Jacques Cousteau once stated: “The happiness of the bee and the dolphin is to exist. For man it is…
Amber R. Woodward -
NoteVol. 94 · Iss. 5
Hoarders: Clarifying FERC’s Policy, as Articulated in Order No. 888, Against Withholding Electric Transmission Capacity
Adopted in 1998 with the express goal of curbing undue discrimination in the interstate market for electric transmission, Order No. 888 has been referred…
Sandy Kugbei -
NoteVol. 94 · Iss. 1
The United States Commercial Space Launch Competitiveness Act: The Creation of Private Space Property Rights and the Omission of the Right to Freedom From Harmful Interference
In March 2004, the European Space Agency successfully launched the Rosetta Spacecraft from Kourou, French Guiana. Over $1.5 billion dollars, ten years, and four…
Elliot Reaven -
NoteVol. 92 · Iss. 6
The Global Colony: A Comparative Analysis of National Security-Based Foreign Investment Regimes in the Western Hemisphere
In 1975, the United States took steps to prevent its national security from being undermined by foreign investment through the creation of the Committee…
Colin Stapleton -
ArticleVol. 92 · Iss. 4
Going the Way of the Dodo: De-Extinction, Dualisms, and Reframing Conservation
De-extinction, a suite of selective breeding or biotechnological processes for reviving and releasing into the environment members or facsimiles of an extinct species, has…
Alejandro E. Camacho -
ArticleVol. 97 · Iss. 5
Property Law’s Search for a Public
Public spaces—streets, sidewalks, parks, plazas, squares, and the like—form a major component of the physical environment. Therefore, disputes over the use and management of…
Nadav Shoked -
ArticleVol. 91 · Iss. 2
Taking Groundwater
In February 2012, in a case called Edwards Aquifer Authority v. Day, the Texas Supreme Court held that landowners hold property rights to the…
Dave Owen -
NoteVol. 91 · Iss. 1
The Proper Meaning of “Proper”: Why the Regulation ofIntrastate, Non-CommercialSpecies Under the Endangered Species Act Is an Invalid Exercise of the Commerce Clause
This Note argues that the ESA‘s regulation of purely intrastate, non- commercial species is an invalid exercise of the Commerce Clause. Reviewing courts have…
Kevin Simpson -
ArticleVol. 97 · Iss. 2
Interstitial Space Law
Conventionally, customary international law is developed through the actions and beliefs of nations. International treaties are interpreted, in part, by assessing how the parties…
Melissa J. Durkee