Directory of Scholars

RICHARD OTTINGER

ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT AL LAW
DEAN EMERITUS

email rottinger@law.pace.edu

Primary Research Interests

  • Alternative regulatory tools (eg voluntary codes and self-regulation)
  • Biodiversity law
  • Climate change law
  • Energy law
  • Enforcement & compliance issues
  • Environmental impact assessment
  • Environmental politics
  • International environmental law

Secondary Research Interests

  • Economic instruments & the environment (taxes, emission trading, etc)
  • Environmental ethics & justice
  • Environmental dispute resolution (litigation, mediation, etc)
  • Human rights & the environment
  • Pollution & toxics control
  • Science & risk in environmental regulation

Selected Publications

  • Compendium of Laws on Energy for Sustainable Development, Richard L. Ottinger, Adrian Bradbrook & Wang Xi eds. (with Nicholas Robinson and Victor Tafur), Cambridge University Press, 2005.
  • The Law of Energy for Sustainable Development, Richard L. Ottinger, Adrian Bradbrook, Rosemary Lyster & Wang Xi eds. (with Adrian Bradbrook, Rosemary Lyster, and Wang Xi), Cambridge University Press, 2005.
  • Energy Law and Sustainable Development (Richard L. Ottinger & Adrian Bradbook eds.) (with Adrian Bradbrook), IUCN, 2003.
  • The Law of Energy for Sustainable Development. Co-author, Richard Ottinger et.al eds, Cambridge University Press, November 2004.
  • Compendium of Sustainable Energy Laws, Richard Ottinger et al. eds., Cambridge University Press, 2004.
  • Energy Law and Sustainable Development, Co-author Richard Ottinger et al. eds., IUCN, May 2003.
  • Introduction to Energy Efficiency, in UNEP Handbook for Drafting Laws on Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Resources, 2007.
  • Issues of General Application, in UNEP Handbook for Drafting Laws on Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Resources, 2007.
  • Framework for Energy Resource Management, in UNEP Handbook for Drafting Laws on Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Resources, 2007.
  • Renewable Energy Law and Development: Case Study Analyses, Richard Ottinger with Pace Law School Student Research Assistants, Edward Elgar, UK, to be published August, 2013;
  • Assessing Environmental Governance of the Hudson River Valley: An Application of IPPEP Model, Richard Ottinger with Pace Professor Nicholas Robinson amd Shanghai Jaio Professor Wang Xi, presentation to the 1913 IUCN Academy of Environmental Law Colloquium, Waikato University Law School, New Zealand, accepted for publication by the Pace Environmental Law Review for its Fall edition, 2013;
  • Legal Frameworks for Emerging Technologies: Bioenergy, chapter with Professor Victor Tafur in The Future of Environmental Law, Prof. David A. Leary, University of New South Wales, Ed., UN University Press (2011) .