John D. Leshy

UC Hastings Law

Distinguished Professor of Law Emeritus

200 McAllister Street

San Francisco, CA 94102

United States

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1.

The Making of the Arizona Constitution

Number of pages: 57 Posted: 03 May 2010
John D. Leshy
UC Hastings Law
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Arizona history, Arizona law, Arizona Constitution, state constitutions

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Building Better Conservation Easements for America the Beautiful

Harvard Environmental Law Review Online (2021), University of Utah College of Law Research Paper No. 469, UC Hastings Research Paper Forthcoming
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 20 Sep 2021 Last Revised: 02 Nov 2021
K. King Burnett, John D. Leshy and Nancy A. McLaughlin
Independent, UC Hastings Law and University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law
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America the Beautiful, conservation easements

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A Conversation About Takings and Water Rights

Texas Law Review, Vol. 83, No. 7, pp. 1985-2026, June 2005
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 11 Jan 2006
John D. Leshy
UC Hastings Law
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water

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Are U.S. Public Lands Unconstitutional?

UC Hastings Research Paper No. 266
Number of pages: 85 Posted: 22 Feb 2018 Last Revised: 16 Mar 2018
John D. Leshy
UC Hastings Law
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Where's the Beef? Facilitating Voluntary Retirement of Federal Lands from Livestock Grazing

NYU Environmental Law Journal, Vol. 17, No. 1, 2008, Breaking the Logjam: Environmental Reform for the New Congress and Administration Paper
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 29 Mar 2009
John D. Leshy and Molly McUsic
UC Hastings Law and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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Mining Law Reform Redux, Once More

Natural Resources Journal, Vol. 42, No. 3, 2002
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 09 Jun 2010
John D. Leshy
UC Hastings Law
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Federal lands, hardrock mining, mining law, natural resources policy, natural resources politics

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Interlocutory Injunctive Relief in Environmental Cases: A Primer for the Practitioner

Ecology Law Quarterly, Vol. 6, p. 639, 1977
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 12 Jun 2010
John D. Leshy
UC Hastings Law
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Environmental Litigation, Natural Resources Law, Injunctions

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Arizona Law Where Ground and Surface Water Meet

Arizona State Law Journal, Vol. 20, No. 3, 1988
Number of pages: 93 Posted: 10 May 2010
John D. Leshy and James Joseph Belanger
UC Hastings Law and Lewis & Roca Attorneys
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Water law, surface water, groundwater, environmental regulation, water rights

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Reforming the Mining Law: Problems and Prospects

The Public Land Law Review, Vol. 6, pp. 1-29, 1988
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 09 Jun 2010
John D. Leshy
UC Hastings Law
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Federal lands, mining law, hardrock mining, environmental regulation, natural resources politics

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Legal Wilderness: Its Past and Some Speculations on Its Future

Environmental Law, Vol. 44, p. 549, 2014, UC Hastings Research Paper No. 120
Number of pages: 76 Posted: 25 Sep 2014 Last Revised: 04 Dec 2014
John D. Leshy
UC Hastings Law
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federal lands, wilderness protection, public lands, land conservation, federal land politics

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The Babbitt Legacy at the Department of the Interior: A Preliminary View

Environmental Law, Vol. 31, No. 2, 2001
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 04 May 2010
John D. Leshy
UC Hastings Law
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Interior Department, environmental protection, land conservation, endangered species, federal lands, Clinton Administration

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The Federal Role in Managing the Nation's Groundwater

Hastings West-Northwest Journal of Environmental Low and Policy, Vol. 11, No. 1, 2004
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 16 May 2010
John D. Leshy
UC Hastings Law
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water, water rights, groundwater, federal water policy

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Challenges to Environmental Law

Environmental Law, 1995
Number of pages: 8 Posted: 10 May 2010
John D. Leshy
UC Hastings Law
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environmental law, natural resources law

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Unraveling the Sagebrush Rebellion: Law, Politics and Federal Lands

Number of pages: 20 Posted: 30 Apr 2010
John D. Leshy
UC Hastings Law
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Federal lands, public lands, sagebrush rebellion, federal land law, federal land policy

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Notes on a Progressive National Water Policy

Harvard Law and Policy Review , Vol. 3, No. 1, Winter 2009
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 16 May 2010
John D. Leshy
UC Hastings Law
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water, national water policy, water allocation, water rights

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Irrigation Districts in a Changing West – An Overview

Number of pages: 17 Posted: 04 May 2010
John D. Leshy
UC Hastings Law
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water resources management, agricultural irrigation, water politics, American west, special governmental districts

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Contemporary Politics of Wilderness Preservation

Journal of Land, Resources & Environmental Law, Vol. 25, No. 1, 2005
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 04 May 2010
John D. Leshy
UC Hastings Law
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wilderness, federal lands, national forests, Bureau of Land Management, land conservation politics

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Shaping the Modern West: The Role of the Executive Branch

University of Colorado Law Review, Vol. 72, No. 2, 2001
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 12 Jun 2010
John D. Leshy
UC Hastings Law
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Federal Lands, Public Lands, National Monuments, Presidential Action, Land Conservation

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Interstate Groundwater Resources: The Federal Role

Journal of Environmental Law & Policy, Vol. 14, No. 2, Summer 2008
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 16 May 2010
John D. Leshy
UC Hastings Law
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groundwater, interstate water resources, federal water policy

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Reflections on Social Change and Law Reform

84 University of Colorado Law Review 218 (2013), UC Hastings Research Paper No. 30
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 20 Mar 2013
John D. Leshy
UC Hastings Law
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Federal Lands in the Twenty-First Century

Natural Resources Journal, Vol. 50, No. 111-137, 2010
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 15 Aug 2012
John D. Leshy
UC Hastings Law
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public lands, federal lands, renewable energy, climate change

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Water Rights for New Federal Land Conservation Programs: A Turn-of-The-Century Evaluation

University of Denver Water Law Review, Vol. 4, No. 2, Spring 2001
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 09 Jun 2010
John D. Leshy
UC Hastings Law
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Water rights, federal lands, federal water rights, water policy, water politics

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Indigenous Peoples, Land Claims, and Control of Mineral Development: Australian and U.S. Legal Systems Compared

Number of pages: 22 Posted: 03 May 2010
John D. Leshy
UC Hastings Law
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mineral rights, indigenous peoples, American Indians, Australian Aborigines

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A Property Clause for the Twenty-First Century

University of Colorado Law Review, Vol. 75, No. 4, 2004
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 12 Jun 2010
John D. Leshy
UC Hastings Law
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Constitutional Law, Property Clause, Federal Lands, Public Lands, Federalism, Natural Resources Law and Policy

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Water and Wilderness/Law and Politics

Land & Water Law Review, Vol. 23, No. 2, 1988
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 09 Jun 2010
John D. Leshy
UC Hastings Law
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Water rights, water law, water policy, federal lands, federal water rights, wilderness areas

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Public Land Policy After the Trump Administration: Is This a Turning Point?

31 Colorado Natural Resources, Energy & Environmental Law Review 471-507 (2020), UC Hastings Research Paper Forthcoming
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 30 Jun 2020
John D. Leshy
UC Hastings Law
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Natural Resources Policy in the Bush (II) Administration: An Outsider’s Somewhat Jaundiced Assessment

Duke Environmental Policy & Law Forum, Vol. 14, p. 347, 2004
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 12 Jun 2010
John D. Leshy
UC Hastings Law
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Federal Lands, Natural Resources Policy, Bush Administration, Land Conservation,. Energy Policy

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Granite Rock and the States' Influence Over Federal Land Use

Number of pages: 32 Posted: 05 May 2010
John D. Leshy
UC Hastings Law
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federal lands, national forests, Bureau of Land Management, natural resources management, federalism

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The Intersection of U.S. Public Lands, Water, and State Sovereignty in the West: A Reassessment and Celebration

UC Hastings Research Paper 337, 41 Public Land & Resources L. Rev. 1 (2019)
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 24 Jul 2019 Last Revised: 03 Oct 2019
John D. Leshy
UC Hastings Law
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Water, Public Lands, State Sovereignty, American West

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Wilderness and its Discontents: Wilderness Review Comes to Public Lands

Arizona State Law Journal, p, 361, 1981
Number of pages: 87 Posted: 03 May 2010
John D. Leshy
UC Hastings Law
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Federal lands, public lands, wilderness, wilderness review, land conservation, Bureau of Land Management

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The State of State Constitutional Law in the States of the United States: Are There Any Lessons for Australia?

Number of pages: 19 Posted: 03 May 2010
John D. Leshy
UC Hastings Law
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State Constitutions, U.S. states, comparative constitutional law