Christine A. Klein

University of Florida Levin College of Law

Associate Dean for Faculty Development and Professor of Law

SW 2nd Ave at SW 25th Street

Gainesville, FL 32611

United States

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1.

Modernizing Water Law: The Example of Florida

Florida Law Review, Vol. 61, No. 3, July 2009, University of Florida Levin College of Law Research Paper No. 2009-09
Number of pages: 73 Posted: 10 Jan 2009 Last Revised: 17 Sep 2015
Christine A. Klein, Mary Jane Angelo and Richard C. Hamann
University of Florida Levin College of Law, University of Florida Levin College of Law and University of Florida Levin College of Law
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water, water law, riparian, prior appropriation

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Treaties of Conquest: Property Rights, Indian Treaties, and the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

New Mexico Law Review, Vol. 26, p. 201, 1996
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 21 Nov 2008
Christine A. Klein
University of Florida Levin College of Law
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Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, Native Americans, Mexico, property rights, treaties

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Cultural Norms as a Source of Law: The Example of Bottled Water

Cardozo Law Review, Vol. 30, p. 101, 2008, University of Florida Levin College of Law Research Paper No. 2008-03
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 21 Oct 2008 Last Revised: 19 Dec 2021
Christine A. Klein and Ling-Yee Huang
University of Florida Levin College of Law and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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water, bottled water, riparian, prior appropriation

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Mississippi River Stories: Lessons from a Century of Unnatural Disasters

Southern Methodist University Law Review, Vol. 60, p. 1471, 2007
Number of pages: 77 Posted: 29 Aug 2007 Last Revised: 21 Nov 2008
Christine A. Klein and Sandra B. Zellmer
University of Florida Levin College of Law and University of Montana - Alexander Blewett III School of Law
Downloads 200 (211,356)
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Regulatory Takings, Flood Control, Water Resources, Land Use, Insurance, Disaster

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Climate, Energy, Justice: The Policy Path to a Just Transition for an Energy-Hungry America

U of Houston Law Center 2021-W-1
Number of pages: 100 Posted: 04 Mar 2021 Last Revised: 21 Apr 2021
Victor Byers Flatt, Shalanda Helen Baker, Daniel A. Farber, Robert L. Glicksman, Alice Kaswan, Alexandra B. Klass, Christine A. Klein, Joel A. Mintz, Dan Rohlf, Karen C. Sokol, Joseph P. Tomain, Sandra B. Zellmer, Sarah Krakoff, Uma Outka, Dave Owen, Alejandro E. Camacho and Hannah Jacobs Wiseman
University of Houston Law Center, Northeastern University - School of Law, University of California, Berkeley - School of Law, George Washington University - Law School, University of San Francisco - School of Law, University of Michigan Law School, University of Florida Levin College of Law, Nova Southeastern University, Lewis & Clark Law School, Loyola University New Orleans College of Law, University of Cincinnati - College of Law, University of Montana - Alexander Blewett III School of Law, University of Colorado Law School, University of Kansas - School of Law, UC Hastings Law, University of California, Irvine, School of Law, Center for Land, Environment, and Natural Resources (CLEANR) and Penn State Law – University Park
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climate change, climate justice, energy, energy policy, climate policy, electricity, electricity policy, transportation

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From Surviving to Thriving: Equity in Disaster Planning and Recovery

U of Houston Law Center No. 2019-A-7, University of Hawai’i Richardson School of Law Research Paper No. 3340133
Number of pages: 120 Posted: 05 Mar 2019
Victor Byers Flatt, Alyson Flournoy, Karen C. Sokol, Robert R. M. Verchick, Rebecca M. Bratspies, Maxine Burkett, John D. Echeverria, Daniel A. Farber, David Flores, Evan Isaaceson, Alice Kaswan, Christine A. Klein, Sarah Lamdan, Joel A. Mintz, Sidney A. Shapiro, Joseph P. Tomain and Katie Tracy
University of Houston Law Center, University of Florida Levin College of Law, Loyola University New Orleans College of Law, Loyola University New Orleans College of Law, City University of New York - School of Law, University of Hawaii at Manoa - William S. Richardson School of Law, Vermont Law School, University of California, Berkeley - School of Law, Center for Progressive Reform, Center for Progressive Reform - CPR Policy Analyst, University of San Francisco - School of Law, University of Florida Levin College of Law, CUNY School of Law, Nova Southeastern University, Wake Forest University School of Law, University of Cincinnati - College of Law and Center for Progressive Reform
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environment, environmental law, disaster, disaster law, RCRA, CERCLA, Emergency Waiver, EPCRA,FEMA, Planning, Migration, Relocation, Resilience, Stormwater, NEPA, Stafford Act, climate, Environmental Justice

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On Integrity: Some Considerations for Water Law

Alabama Law Review, Vol. 56, p. 1009, 2005
Number of pages: 62 Posted: 26 Sep 2005
Christine A. Klein
University of Florida Levin College of Law
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Water law, integrity, Everglades, Miccosukee, Apalachicola, transbasin diversions

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Water Transfers: The Case Against Transbasin Diversions in the Eastern States

UCLA Journal of Environmental Law & Policy, Vol. 25, p. 249, 2007
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 23 Apr 2007 Last Revised: 21 Nov 2008
Christine A. Klein
University of Florida Levin College of Law
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water, transbasin diversion, interbasin transfer, concurrency, wet growth

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The New Nuisance: An Antidote to Wetland Loss, Sprawl, and Global Warming

Boston College Law Review, Vol. 48, 2007
Number of pages: 81 Posted: 07 Mar 2007 Last Revised: 12 Nov 2008
Christine A. Klein
University of Florida Levin College of Law
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Climate change, Global Warming, Wetlands, Regulatory Takings

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The Environmental Commerce Clause

Harvard Environmental Law Review, Vol. 21, No. 1, 2003
Number of pages: 79 Posted: 26 Sep 2008 Last Revised: 24 Nov 2008
Christine A. Klein
University of Florida Levin College of Law
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United States v. Lopez, commerce clause, affirmative commerce clause, dormant commerce clause, environmental commerce clause, environmental regulation

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Owning Groundwater: The Example of Mississippi v. Tennessee

35 Virginia Envtl. L.J. 474 (2017), University of Florida Levin College of Law Research Paper No. 18-5
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 30 Mar 2017 Last Revised: 12 Apr 2018
Christine A. Klein
University of Florida Levin College of Law
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water, groundwater, property, natural resources, environmental law, water law, equitable apportionment, Mississippi v. Tennessee

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On Dams and Democracy

Oregon Law Review, Fall 1999
Number of pages: 94 Posted: 11 Sep 2008 Last Revised: 24 Nov 2008
Christine A. Klein
University of Florida Levin College of Law
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dams, democracy, Army Corps of Engineers

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Environmental Patriotism

BEYOND ENVIRONMENTAL LAW: POLICY PROPOSALS FOR A BETTER ENVIRONMENTAL FUTURE, David M. Driesen, Alyson C. Flournoy, eds., Cambridge University Press 2009
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 21 Nov 2008
Christine A. Klein
University of Florida Levin College of Law
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patriotism, environmental law, American values, sustainability

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Property: Cases, Problems, and Skills

University of Florida Levin College of Law Research Paper No. 16-10
Number of pages: 79 Posted: 17 Mar 2016 Last Revised: 26 Mar 2016
Christine A. Klein
University of Florida Levin College of Law
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Property, pedagogy, skills, casebook, first-year courses

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Law of the Lakes: From Protectionism to Sustainability

Michigan State Law Review, Vol. 1, 2006
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 08 Mar 2007 Last Revised: 26 Aug 2013
Christine A. Klein
University of Florida Levin College of Law
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Water Law, Great Lakes, Sustainability, Export, Transbasin Diversion, Interbasin Transfers

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Water Bankruptcy

97 Minnesota Law Review 560 (2012)
Number of pages: 65 Posted: 04 Jun 2012 Last Revised: 20 Sep 2015
Christine A. Klein
University of Florida Levin College of Law
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water law, prior appropriation, California Bay-Delta, bankruptcy

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The Environmental Deficit: Applying Lessons from the Economic Recession

University of Florida Levin College of Law Research Paper No. 2009-18, Arizona Law Review, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 19 Mar 2009 Last Revised: 06 Apr 2010
Christine A. Klein
University of Florida Levin College of Law
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environmental deficit, recession, deregulation, risk, cost-benefit analysis, sustainability, midnight regulations, thrift

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Groundwater Exceptionalism: The Disconnect Between Law and Science

71 Emory L.J. 487 (2022), University of Florida Levin College of Law Research Paper No. 22-17
Number of pages: 77 Posted: 19 Jul 2021 Last Revised: 18 Apr 2022
Christine A. Klein
University of Florida Levin College of Law
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groundwater, water law, water rights, federal reserved rights, equitable apportionment, interstate compact, clean water act, waters of the united states, exceptionalism

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Climate Change and Water Transfers

Pepperdine Law Review, Vol. 41, 2014, Forthcoming, University of Florida Levin College of Law Research Paper No. 15-42
Number of pages: 71 Posted: 17 Sep 2013 Last Revised: 09 Dec 2015
Jesse Reiblich and Christine A. Klein
University of Rhode Island and University of Florida Levin College of Law
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climate change, water transfers, water markets

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Preserving Monumental Landscapes Under the Antiquities Act

Cornell Law Review, Vol. 87, pp. 1333-1404, 2002
Number of pages: 73 Posted: 06 Feb 2020
Christine A. Klein
University of Florida Levin College of Law
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national monuments, Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, Antiquities Act

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The Dormant Commerce Clause and Water Export: Toward a New Analytical Paradigm

Harvard Environmental Law Review, Vol. 35, 2011, University of Florida Levin College of Law Research Paper No. 2010-09
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 05 Apr 2010 Last Revised: 20 Sep 2015
Christine A. Klein
University of Florida Levin College of Law
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water export, dormant commerce clause, sporhase

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The National Flood Insurance Program at Fifty: How the Fifth Amendment Takings Doctrine Skews Federal Flood Policy

Georgetown Environmental Law Review (GELR), Vol. 31, 2019, University of Florida Levin College of Law Research Paper No. 19-18
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 03 Apr 2019 Last Revised: 18 Jul 2019
Christine A. Klein
University of Florida Levin College of Law
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natural resources, flood insurance, land use, regulatory takings, physical takings, environmental

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Property: Cases, Problems, and Skills (Second Edition)

Christine A. Klein, Property: Cases, Problems, and Skills (2d ed. 2020 Welters Kluwer)
Number of pages: 82 Posted: 31 Aug 2020
Christine A. Klein
University of Florida Levin College of Law
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Property, pedagogy, skills, casebook, first-year courses

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Bersani v. EPA: The EPA's Authority under the Clean Water Act to Veto Section 404 Wetland-Filling Permits

Environmental Law, Vol. 19, No. 389, 1989
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 26 Sep 2008 Last Revised: 14 Oct 2013
Christine A. Klein
University of Florida Levin College of Law
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Wetlands, marshes, EPA, Army Corps of Engineers, Bersani, Clean Water Act

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The Constitutional Mythology of Western Water Law

Virginia Environmental Law Journal, Vol. 14, No. 343, 1995
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 26 Sep 2008 Last Revised: 24 Nov 2008
Christine A. Klein
University of Florida Levin College of Law
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prior appropriation doctrine, water use, Constitutional myth, water law

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Mississippi River Tragedies: A Century of Unnatural Disaster

Mississippi River Tragedies: A Century of Unnatural Disaster (NYU Press 2014)
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 28 Mar 2014
Christine A. Klein and Sandra B. Zellmer
University of Florida Levin College of Law and University of Montana - Alexander Blewett III School of Law
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unnatural disaster, disaster law, national flood insurance policy, NFIP, levees and dams, Mississippi River, federal water policy, moral hazard, regulatory takings, environmental justice

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Interstate Water Compacts: Tarrant Regional Water District v. Herrmann

Emerging Issues, LexisNexis, 2013
Number of pages: 8 Posted: 18 Sep 2013
Christine A. Klein
University of Florida Levin College of Law
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interstate water allocation, equitable apportionment, Tarrant, Red River Compact

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Compartmentalized Thinking and the Clean Water Act

4 George Washington Journal of Energy and Environmental Law 38 (2013)
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 30 Apr 2012 Last Revised: 20 Sep 2015
Christine A. Klein
University of Florida Levin College of Law
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Clean Water Act, psychology, heuristics, schema, cognitive illusion, integrity

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Reforming the Florida Water Resources Act of 1972: Beyond the First 35 Years

White Paper Series, 2008
Number of pages: 60 Posted: 18 Sep 2013
Mary Jane Angelo, Richard C. Hamann and Christine A. Klein
University of Florida Levin College of Law, University of Florida Levin College of Law and University of Florida Levin College of Law
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water law, reform, Florida, regulated riparianism

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A Requiem for the Rollover Rule: Capital Gains, Farmland Loss, and the Law of Unintended Consequences

Washington and Lee Law Review, 1998
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 26 Sep 2008 Last Revised: 21 Nov 2008
Christine A. Klein
University of Florida Levin College of Law
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Internal Revenue Code Section 1034, subdivisions, crop land, rollover rule, farmland loss, unintended consequences

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Property: Cases, Problems, and Skills (Wolters Kluwer 2d Ed. 2020) (Transition Guide Showing Changes From 1st Edition)

Number of pages: 3 Posted: 26 May 2020
Christine A. Klein
University of Florida Levin College of Law
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Property

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Discussing Race in the First-Year Property Curriculum

Number of pages: 1 Posted: 24 Sep 2021
Christine A. Klein
University of Florida Levin College of Law
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property, first-year curriculum, race, systemic racism