William W. Buzbee

Georgetown University Law Center

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Recognizing the Regulatory Commons: A Theory of Regulatory Gaps

Number of pages: 70 Posted: 23 Sep 2003
William W. Buzbee
Georgetown University Law Center
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Regulation, commons, regulatory gap, public choice, behavioral law and economics

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Asymmetrical Regulation: Risk, Preemption, and the Floor/Ceiling Distinction

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Asymmetrical Regulation: Risk, Preemption, and the Floor/Ceiling Distinction

Emory Law and Economics Research Paper No. 07-10, Emory Public Law Research Paper No. 07-9
Number of pages: 66 Posted: 20 Mar 2007
William W. Buzbee
Georgetown University Law Center
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administrative law, constitutional law, preemption, Supremacy Clause, standard setting, floor, ceiling, risk regulation, common law action, unitary federal choice

Asymmetrical Regulation: Risk, Preemption, and the Floor/Ceiling Distinction

New York University Law Review, Vol. 82, 2007, Emory Public Law Research Paper No. 07-23, Emory Law and Economics Research Paper No. 07-20
Number of pages: 70 Posted: 24 Oct 2007 Last Revised: 19 Jun 2012
William W. Buzbee
Georgetown University Law Center
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administrative law, constitutional law, preemption, supremacy clause, standard setting, floor, ceiling, risk regulation, common law action, unitary federal choice

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The Story of Laidlaw, Standing and Citizen Enforcement

Number of pages: 33 Posted: 11 May 2005
William W. Buzbee
Georgetown University Law Center
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Standing

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Contextual Environmental Federalism

NYU Environmental Law Journal, Vol. 14, p. 108, 2005, Emory Public Law Research Paper No. 06-01
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 06 Feb 2006
William W. Buzbee
Georgetown University Law Center
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Regulation, Environmental Law, Federalism

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Unidimensional Federalism: Power and Perspective in Commerce Clause Adjudication

Number of pages: 80 Posted: 03 Jun 2003
Robert A. Schapiro and William W. Buzbee
University of San Diego School of Law and Georgetown University Law Center
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constitutional law, federalism, regulation, statutory construction

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Introduction and Conclusion, Preemption Choice: The Theory, Law, and Reality of Federalism's Core Question

PREEMPTION CHOICE: THE THEORY, LAW, AND REALITY OF FEDERALISM’S CORE QUESTION, William W. Buzbee, ed., Cambrigdge U. Press 2009, Emory Public Law Research Paper No. 09-84, Emory Law and Economics Research Paper No. 09-53
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 18 Dec 2009
William W. Buzbee
Georgetown University Law Center
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Federalism, preemption, Supremacy, preemptive, state attorneys general, climate change, inaction, greenhouse, cap-and-trade, obstacle, floors, ceilings, savings clauses, environment, innovation, hard look, statutory interpretation, Constitution, constitutional law, deference, administrative agency

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Legislative Record Review

Number of pages: 109 Posted: 22 May 2001
William W. Buzbee and Robert A. Schapiro
Georgetown University Law Center and University of San Diego School of Law
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The Regulatory Fragmentation Continuum, Westway, and the Challenges of Regional Growth

Journal of Law and Politics, Vol. 21, 2005, Emory Public Law Research Paper No. 05-31, Emory Law and Economics Research Paper No. 05-23
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 10 Nov 2005
William W. Buzbee
Georgetown University Law Center
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regulatory commons, regulatory fragmentation, environment, wetlands, regional growth, institutions

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The Clean Power Plan: Issues to Watch

Center for Progressive Reform Issue Alert, No. 1506, August 2015, GWU Law School Public Law Research Paper No. 2015-50, GWU Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2015-50, Minnesota Legal Studies Research Paper No. 15-43
Number of pages: 92 Posted: 12 Nov 2015 Last Revised: 09 Jan 2016
Alice Kaswan, William W. Buzbee, David M. Driesen, Kirsten H. Engel, Victor Byers Flatt, Robert L. Glicksman, Emily Hammond, Alexandra B. Klass, Thomas Owen McGarity, Melissa Powers and Joseph P. Tomain
University of San Francisco - School of Law, Georgetown University Law Center, Syracuse University College of Law, University of Arizona - James E. Rogers College of Law, University of Houston Law Center, George Washington University - Law School, George Washington University - Law School, University of Minnesota Law School, University of Texas at Austin - School of Law, Lewis & Clark Law School and University of Cincinnati - College of Law
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Environmental Protection Agency, Clean Power Plan, Clean Air Act, federalism, environmental justice, energy, cap-and-trade, offsets

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'Federalism Floors, Ceilings, and the Benefits of Federalism’s Institutional Diversity,' in Preemption Choice: The Theory, Law, and Reality of Federalism’s Core Question

PREEMPTION CHOICE: THE THEORY, LAW, AND REALITY OF FEDERALISM’S CORE QUESTION, William W. Buzbee, ed., Cambridge U. Press, 2009, Emory Public Law Research Paper No. 09-85, Emory Law and Economics Research Paper No. 09-54
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 14 Dec 2009
William W. Buzbee
Georgetown University Law Center
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Federalism, preemption, Supremacy, preemptive, climate change, inaction, greenhouse, cap-and-trade, obstacle, floors, ceilings, savings clauses, environment, innovation, hard look, statutory interpretation, Constitution, constitutional law, deference, administrative agency, experimentalism, race-to

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Climate as an Innovation Imperative: Federalism, Institutional Pluralism and Incentive Effects

Emory Public Law Research Paper No. 10-125, Emory Law and Economics Research Paper No. 10-82
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 20 Oct 2010
William W. Buzbee
Georgetown University Law Center
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Federalism, preemption, Supremacy, preemptive, state attorneys general, climate change, inaction, greenhouse, cap-and-trade, obstacle, floors, ceilings, savings clauses, environment, innovation, hard look, statutory interpretation, Constitution, constitutional law, deference, administrative agency

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State Greenhouse Gas Regulation, Federal Climate Change Legislation, and the Preemption Sword

San Diego Journal of Climate and Energy Law, Vol. 1, p. 23, 2009 , Emory Public Law Research Paper No. 09-83, Emory Law and Economics Research Paper No. 09-49
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 14 Dec 2009 Last Revised: 17 Apr 2015
William W. Buzbee
Georgetown University Law Center
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Federalism, preemption, Supremacy, preemptive, state attorneys general, climate change, inaction, greenhouse, cap-and-trade, obstacle, floors, ceilings, savings clauses, environment, innovation, hard look, statutory interpretation, Constitution, constitutional law, deference, administrative agency

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Interaction's Promise: Preemption Policy Shifts, Risk Regulation, and Experimentalism Lessons

Emory Law Journal, 2007, Emory Law and Economics Research Paper No. 08-27, Emory Public Law Research Paper No. 08-36
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 24 Mar 2008 Last Revised: 19 Jun 2012
William W. Buzbee
Georgetown University Law Center
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Federalism, Risk Regulation, Produtcs Liability, Climate, Greenhouse, Preemption, Common Law, Floors, Ceilings, Race to the bottom, Experimentalism, Environmental, Administrative agencies, Deference, Clear statement, Regulatory compliance defense, innovation

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Preemption Hard Look Review, Regulatory Interaction, and the Quest for Stewardship and Intergenerational Equity

George Washington Law Review, Vol. 77, No. 1521, 2009, Emory Law and Economics Research Paper No. 9-45, Emory Public Law Research Paper No. 9-66
Number of pages: 62 Posted: 08 Oct 2009
William W. Buzbee
Georgetown University Law Center
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preemption,federalism, administrative law

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The Tethered President: Consistency and Contingency in Administrative Law

Boston University Law Review, Vol. 98, Pp. 1357-1442
Number of pages: 87 Posted: 23 May 2018 Last Revised: 08 Nov 2018
William W. Buzbee
Georgetown University Law Center
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administrative law, consistency, policy change

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‘Fifty FDAs’: An Argument for Federal Preemption of State Tort Law that is Less than Meets the Eye

Lewis & Clark Law School Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2010-28, Energy Center Research Paper No. 10-10
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 01 Oct 2010 Last Revised: 28 Jul 2013
William W. Buzbee, William Funk, Thomas Owen McGarity, Sidney A. Shapiro, James Goodwin and Matthew Shudtz
Georgetown University Law Center, Lewis & Clark Law School, University of Texas at Austin - School of Law, Wake Forest University School of Law, Center for Progressive Reform and Center for Progressive Reform
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regulatory preemption, tort law, drug and medical device safety

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Agency Statutory Abnegation in the Deregulatory Playbook

Duke Law Journal, Vol. 68, No. 8, Pp. 1509-1591, 2019. (2019). Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works. 2120.
Number of pages: 84 Posted: 20 Jan 2019 Last Revised: 24 Jun 2021
William W. Buzbee
Georgetown University Law Center
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Administrative Law, Regulation, Deregulation, Environmental Law, Statutory Interpretation, Deference, Trump, Gorsuch, Scalia, Kennedy, Law and Science, Risk Regulation, Regulatory Contingencies, “Hard Look Review”, “Reasoned Decisionmarking”, Statutory Abnegation, Consistency Doctrine, Climate Chang

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Federalism Hedging, Entrenchment, and the Climate Challenge

Wisconsin Law Review, Vol. 2017, No. 6, Pp. 1037-1113.
Number of pages: 78 Posted: 16 Feb 2021
William W. Buzbee
Georgetown University Law Center
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federalism, regulation, climate change, environmental law

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