Directory of Scholars

MICHAEL GERRARD

J.D.
Andrew Sabin Professor of Professional Practice

email michael.gerrard@law.columbia.edu

Primary Research Interests

  • Climate change law
  • Energy law
  • Environmental ethics & justice
  • Environmental impact assessment
  • Municipal & land use planning

Secondary Research Interests

  • Corporate environmental responsibility
  • Human rights & the environment
  • Indigenous peoples & the environment
  • International environmental law
  • Pollution & toxics control
  • Private law (nuisance, negligence etc)
  • Waste management

Selected Publications

  • The Law of Clean Energy: Efficiency and Renewables (Editor), American Bar Association (forthcoming 2011)
  • The Law of Green Buildings: Regulatory and Legal Issues in Design, Construction, Operations, and Financing (Co-Editor, with J. Cullen Howe),
  • American Bar Association and Environmental Law Institute (2010) The Law of Environmental Justice: Theories and Procedures to Address Disproportionate Risks (Editor), American Bar Association (Second Edition, 2008, with Sheila Foster)
  • Global Climate Change and U.S. Law (Editor), American Bar Association (2007)
  • Amending CERCLA: The Post-SARA Amendments to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (with Joel M. Gross), American Bar Association (2006)
  • Brownfields Law and Practice: The Cleanup and Redevelopment of Contaminated Land (General Editor), Matthew Bender & Co., four volumes, 1998, supplemented twice a year (named best law book of 1998 by Association of American Publishers)
  • Whose Backyard, Whose Risk: Fear and Fairness in Toxic and Nuclear Waste Siting, M.I.T. Press, 1994 (paperback edition published in 1996)
  • Environmental Law Practice Guide: State and Federal Law (General Editor), Matthew Bender & Co., 1992, twelve volumes; supplemented three times per year (named best law book of 1992 by Association of American Publishers)
  • Environmental Impact Review in New York (with Daniel A. Ruzow and Philip Weinberg), Matthew Bender & Co., two volumes, 1990; supplemented annually