Academy Member Publications

New Publication: Presumed Incompetent: The Intersections of Race and Class for Women in Academia

I would like to draw your attention to a new book “Presumed Incompetent: The Intersections of Race and Class for Women in Academia” co-edited by Professors Gabriella Gutiérrez y Muhs, Yolanda Flores Niemann, Carmen G. Gonzalez and Angela P. Harris on the experiences of women faculty of color which was published by the Utah State University Press. The book features personal narratives, qualitative empirical studies and scholarly essays on the experiences of women faculty of color in a variety of academic disciplines. More than 40 different authors contributed to the book.

If you would like a preview of the book’s content, please visit http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2017249

To order the book and to read the endorsements by Gloria Steinem, Mari Matsuda, Kim Crenshaw, and Norma Cantu, please see the publisher’s website.

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Property Rights and Sustainability: The Evolution of Property Rights to Meet Ecological Challenges

As collapses and crises involving ecological systems, economic and financial management and international governance increase, the need for bold alternatives to traditional economic and legal responses has never been more urgent. Property concepts are an important element in the interaction between humans and the natural environment. An important driver of eco- logical harm, property concepts can also become a powerful tool for responding to ecological problems in ways that have so far eluded both government regulators and markets. Going beyond the traditional critiques of liberal property theories, Property Rights and Sustainability takes on the challenge of fundamentally reconceptualising property rights and systems. It makes a significant contribution to rebalancing the legal framework in a way that recognises humanity as a member of a larger ecological order, the health and integrity of which is of primary importance to the long-term viability of our planet. Property Rights and Sustainability will be an indispensable resource for those interested in the relationship between property law and the environment, and the ways in which property law can be reshaped to respond to the ecological challenges of our time.

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European Environmental Law

This leading monograph on European Environmental Law is now completely updated and revised. Taking into account new case law of the European Courts, recent environmental directives and regulations and the new provisions of the Lisbon Treaty. This book provides an in-depth analysis of important legal issues of European environmental law. What are the legal grounds for EU environmental policy and on what principles are directives and regulations based upon? To what extent precludes EU environmental regulation more stringent national environmental standards? What are the requirements the Court of Justice has imposed on the Member States implementing environmental directives? How and to what extent can European environmental law be relied upon and challenged before national courts and the European Courts? How do the Treaty rules on the internal market and undistorted competition interfere with national environmental policy? Answers to these and other questions can be found in this book. The book discusses all major environmental directives and regulations, integrating important judgments of the Court of Justice on their interpretation. Furthermore, national case law on the application of European environmental law is also being taken into account.

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Conservation, Biodiversity and International Law

This important and timely book provides a rigorous overview of the defining issues presently facingconservation at international level. The author provides detailed coverage of topics ranging fromthe classification of species right through to access and benefit sharing, drawing on his personalexperience at intergovernmental level. Each question is examined through the prism of dozens oftreaties and hundreds of decisions and resolutions of the key multilateral regimes, and the law ineach area is supplemented by the necessary considerations of science politics and philosophy –providing much-needed context for the reader.

Combining expert scholarship and first-hand insight, Conservation, Biodiversity and InternationalLaw will be an invaluable resource for researchers and practitioners in international environmentallaw, as well as providing an accessible guide for students.

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