Directory of Scholars

WILLIAM C.G. BURNS

PH.D., UNIVERSITY OF WALES-CARDIFF SCHOOL OF LAW
SENIOR FELLOW, SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW

williamcgburns@comcast.net

Primary Research Interests

• Climate change law
• International environmental law
• Marine & fisheries law

Secondary Research Interests

• Environmental politics
• Trade law & the environment

Selected Publications

• CLIMATE CHANGE AND NUISANCE LAW: A CASEBOOK COMPLEMENT FOR PROPERTY (with Hari Osofsky), Aspen Press, forthcoming 2009.
• ADJUDICATING THE CLIMATE: INTERNATIONAL AND NATIONAL CAUSES OF ACTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE (with Hari Osofsky, eds.), Cambridge University Press, forthcoming, 2009.
• Carbon Taxes to Address Climate Change, THE GREEN SERIES: TOWARD A SUSTAINABLE ENVIRONMENT, Volume I: Green Energy, in press, Sage, 2009.
• "Sites for Sore Eyes: The World Heritage Convention and the Specter of Climate Change", in William Rodgers & Michael Robinson-Dorn, CLIMATE CHANGE LAW AND POLICY: A READER, in press, Carolina Academic Press, 2009.
• "Anthropogenic Carbon Dioxide Emissions and Ocean Acidification: The Potential Impacts on Ocean Biodiversity", in SAVING BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY: BALANCING PROTECTION OF ENDANGERED SPECIES AND ECOSYSTEMS, Springer, 2008.
• A Voice for the Fish? Climate Change Litigation and Potential Causes of Action for Impacts under the United Nations Fish Stocks Agreement, 48(1) SANTA CLARA LAW REVIEW, 2008.