Directory of Scholars

LEE PADDOCK

J.D., UNIVERSITY OF IOWA
ASSOCIATE DEAN FOR ENVIRONMENTAL LAW STUDIES

email lpaddock@law.gwu.edu

Primary Research Interests

  • Criminal law & the environment
  • Energy law
  • Enforcement & compliance issues
  • Environmental ethics & justice

Secondary Research Interests

  • Climate change law
  • Corporate environmental responsibility
  • Economic instruments & the environment (taxes, emission trading, etc)
  • Environmental impact assessment
  • International environmental law
  • Natural resources management (forestry, mining, etc)
  • Pollution & toxics control
  • Regional environmental law (eg European Union)
  • Waste management
  • Water law

Selected Publications

  • Green Governance: Building the Competencies Necessary for Effective Environmental Management, 38 ELR 10609, September 2008.
  • Keeping Pace with Nanotechnology: A Proposal for a New Approach to Environmental Accountability, 36 ELR 10943, December 2006.
  • Environmental Accountability and Public Involvement, Pace Environmental Law Review, Volume 21, at 243, Summer 2004.
  • The Role of Public Engagement in Achieving Environmental Justice, submitted for publication in the Proceedings of the 6th IUCN Academy of Environmental Law, Edward Elgar Press.
  • An Integrated Approach to Nanotechnology Governance, scheduled for publication in the 28 UCLA J. Env’l Law & Policy No 1, January 2010.
  • COMPLIANCE AND ENFORCEMENT IN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW: TOWARD MORE EFFECTIVE IMPLEMENTATION, forthcoming summer 2009, Edward Elgar Press.
  • "The Smithfield Foods/Nathan Cummings Foundation/Ceres Story: A Shareholder and Management Partnership", in PARTNERSHIPS FOR SUSTAINABILITY: EXAMINING THE EVIDENCE, forthcoming, The National Academies Press.