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legal and policy responses to Covid-19 in the United States—particularly as discourse has focused on the impacts of Covid-19 response on labor markets—may provide insight into the political economy of a ... * INTRODUCTION Environmental law is in a moment of transition, both in form and in substance. At the national level in the United States, the structural institutions and political posture in the legislative and
liability with regard to the prevention and remedying of environmental damage.”83 The philosophy of using the threat of liability to prevent damage is also specifically endorsed in the text: “The fundamental ... philosophy that everyone has the liberty to do what they will if, but only if, their actions do not harm others.81 John Stuart Mill distinguished between what he called “harms” and “mere offenses.” Not
, regardless of “political, generational, moral, economic, and geographic boundaries.”48 Acknowledging the seemingly long-shot nature of getting a new green amendment passed in some states, van Rossum further ... impending environmental disaster—is perhaps too optimistic for the current political moment. A more realistic, though decidedly less inspiring, approach is to acknowledge that green amendments are another
spur economic growth. In light of continuing political opposition and the fate of the Clinton Btu initiative, many advocates have concluded that federal and state governments will not expend the ... political capital to increase energy taxes in the near future, and that it is now time to turn our attention elsewhere. I suggest that such a retreat is premature. While interest in both federal and state
And, beyond rhetoric, the constitutional version of the doctrine has been broadly applied to limit not just the state, but its political subdivisions too.29 Substantively, the doctrine has been applied ... Oceanside Partners, 140 P.3d 985, 1006 (Haw. 2006) (“We therefore hold that the County has a duty, as a political subdivision of the State, to protect the waters located adjacent to the Property.”). 30
, 2020, seven political parties in 52. Id. at 474–75. 53. See CONSTITUIÇÃO FEDERAL [C.F.] [CONSTITUTION] pmbl. (Braz.). 54. Id. art. 225. 55. Bryner, supra note 45, at 475–76. 56. Id. at 484. 57. Eduardo ... ] [ADPF] 760, Relator: 2023] Brazil brought action against the federal government, alleging violations of their fundamental constitutional rights in PSB et al v. Brazil.62 The political parties used the
below, that objective is not something to which filers are entitled. The reason SLAPPs are wrong is because they shift political issues to courts, chill public participation in government, and undermine ... business activity, but political activity . . . .70 The primary benefit of the application of the Noerr-Pennington doctrine in SLAPPs is that it provides an objective standard for evaluating whether a
)5 which provided legal protection to organizing, and supporting unionization and collective bargaining.6 However, due to political compromises, categories of workers including domestic workers and ... Perspective, 38 STAN. L. REV. 1189, 1243-53 (1986) (discussing New Deal as a series of legislation, where the “principal objective . . . was economic recovery”); see also Theda Skocpol, Political Responses to
ratepayers and run counter to the philosophy underlying Ohio’s shift to a restructured electricity market, which separated regulated electricity distribution companies from non-regulated companies engaged in ... corruption of public officials to secure a bailout of its two nuclear plants, provides broader lessons on the political challenges of the transition away from uneconomic power plants. First, the FirstEnergy
coal-powered industrial revolution.42 As a presidential candidate, Trump capitalized on worker insecurities from prior transitions, especially amongst coal miners.43 He offered a political vision tied to ... attempted to ameliorate the worst social and 40. WALKER C. SMITH, SABOTAGE: ITS HISTORY, PHILOSOPHY & FUNCTION 1–2 (1917). 41. Sabotage (n.), ONLINE ETYMOLOGY DICTIONARY, https://www.etymonline.com/word
figures. Social science has found that those identifying as conservative are more likely to conform to authority, and on all sides of the partisan spectrum elite influence can overwhelm individual political ... environmentally friendly practices by those who would benefit from them. Without historical context, the IRA might be seen as a political fluke. Even taken with other Biden Administration actions, as discussed in
principles to guide policymaking?14 Is it a political and social movement (or movements)?15 Does it contribute to a theoretical framework for understanding the new age of the Human Services; the office will ... : RACE, CLASS, AND ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY 155, 159 (3rd ed. 2000). For a discussion of the political, economic, and social forces that shaped the environmental justice movements and principles, see Purdy
possible (e.g., Federal Crop Insurance Program), private insurance has a better likelihood of success in this fractured political environment. Nevertheless, it is not without its drawbacks. Although almost ... political parties, with slim majorities for Democrats, Republicans and independents. Most Americans are on the same page about funding space exploration, too. About a third of Democrats, Republicans and
examples, note that most of the states involved are not so-called “red” Republican or “blue” Democratic states; they are “purple” states with a mix of political leanings when the issue is opposing major
Which concepts and principles should determine Muslims’ approach to environmental philosophy which is an increasingly important topic today? What sort of guidance is presented by the sense of
University Law School; B.A. 2017, Philosophy, University of California, Berkeley. The author would like to thank Lloyd “Sonny” Shields for his guidance throughout the writing process. The author would also ... environmental concerns have long been symbiotic. The underlying philosophy of the two fields strive for similar outcomes and are largely intersectional. Because the future of the nation’s environmental conditions
Green New Deal is now a common political term, understood to unite the issues of environment, specifically climate change, and labor in one sweeping reform of economy and politics.5 And yet, without due ... observance and study of the original New Deal, calls for a Green New Deal risk becoming political memes. To avoid peddling nostalgia for a history that never repeats, the Green New Deal must learn the lessons
reading of the Food Safety Law and its developments over the decades teaches us that the Chinese people’s consumption of wild animals stems from “cultural, economic and political roots.”25 With starvation ... law exclusively for food in 1965 by introducing the Regulations on the Administration of Food Hygiene for Trial Implementation.33 This came in line with certain important socio-political changes that
what it would take to get the political and judicial stars aligned. Rather, I want to know more, more about some of the big ideas Manifesto uses to get to its core proposition, and more about where those ... any compensation plan for harms from climate change. It is a classic “super wicked” problem that has thus far defied effective public and private law responses and is fraught with political complexity
of truth. See Alasdair MacIntyre, Epistemological Crises, Dramatic Narrative, and the Philosophy of Science, 60 THE MONIST 453, 455 (1977). 9. See generally EDGAR MORIN ET AL., EDUCAR EN LA ERA ... language, where we find exactly the same term (“krinô”), which means to separate, to choose, to cut, to decide, or to judge. Jet Roitman, Crisis, POLITICAL CONCEPTS, http://www.politicalconcepts.org/issue1