Directory of Scholars

ROBIN KUNDIS CRAIG

J.D., PH.D., M.A.
James I. Farr Presidential Endowed Chair in Law

email robin.craig@law.utah.edu

Primary Research Interests

  • Climate change law
  • Constitutional law and the environment
  • Environmental politics
  • Marine & fisheries law
  • Natural resources management (forestry, mining, etc)
  • Pollution & toxics control
  • Water law

Secondary Research Interests

  • Alternative regulatory tools (eg voluntary codes and self-regulation)
  • Biodiversity law
  • Enforcement & compliance issues
  • Environmental dispute resolution (litigation, mediation, etc)
  • Private law (nuisance, negligence etc)
  • Science & risk in environmental regulation
  • Sustainable Development Law
  • Regional environmental law (eg European Union)

Selected Publications

  • THE CLEAN WATER ACT AND THE CONSTITUTION (ELI 2d ed. 2009)
  • Justice Kennedy and Ecosystem Services: A Functional Approach to Clean Water Act Jurisdiction After Rapanos, 38:3 Envtl. L. 635, Fall 2008.
  • Coral Reefs, Fishing, and Tourism, 27:1 Stanford Envtl. L.J. 3, Jan. 2008.
  • Climate Change, Regulatory Fragmentation, and Water Triage, 79:3 U. Colo. L. Rev. 825, Summer 2008.
  • Removing 'the Cloak of a Standing Inquiry': Pollution Regulation, Public Health, and Private Risk in the Injury-in-Fact Analysis, 29:1 Cardozo L. Rev. 149, Oct. 2007.
  • A Comparative Guide to the Eastern Public Trust Doctrines, 16:1 Penn State Envtl. L. Rev. 1, Fall 2007.