Rebecca M. Bratspies

City University of New York - School of Law

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Long Island City, NY 11101

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Transboundary Harm in International Law: Lessons from the Trail Smelter Arbitration

TRANSBOUNDARY HARM IN INTERNATIONAL LAW: LESSONS FROM THE TRAIL SMELTER ARBITRATION, Rebecca M. Bratspies & Russell A. Miller, eds., Cambridge University Press, 2006, Washington & Lee Legal Studies Paper No. 2011-30
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 25 Jan 2012
Russell Miller and Rebecca M. Bratspies
Washington and Lee University - School of Law and City University of New York - School of Law
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transantional law, international law, environmental law

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Regulatory Blowout: How Regulatory Failures Made the BP Disaster Possible, and How the System Can Be Fixed to Avoid a Recurrence

U of Maryland Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2010-49, UC Berkeley Public Law Research Paper No. 1685606
Number of pages: 70 Posted: 02 Oct 2010 Last Revised: 17 Sep 2015
Alyson Flournoy, William L. Andreen, Rebecca M. Bratspies, Holly Doremus, Victor Byers Flatt, Robert L. Glicksman, Joel A. Mintz, Dan Rohlf, Amy Sinden, Rena I. Steinzor, Joseph P. Tomain, Sandra B. Zellmer and James Goodwin
University of Florida Levin College of Law, University of Alabama - School of Law, City University of New York - School of Law, University of California, Berkeley - School of Law, University of Houston Law Center, George Washington University - Law School, Nova Southeastern University, Lewis & Clark Law School, Temple University - James E. Beasley School of Law, University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law, University of Cincinnati - College of Law, University of Montana - Alexander Blewett III School of Law and Center for Progressive Reform
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BP Oil Spill, Regulatory Policy, Natural Resources, Public Safety, OCSLA, NEPA, ESA, Precautionary Principle, Energy Policy

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The Illusion of Care: Regulation, Uncertainty, and Genetically Modified Food Crops

NYU Environmental Law Journal, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 10 Feb 2003 Last Revised: 21 Apr 2015
Rebecca M. Bratspies
City University of New York - School of Law
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GM crop, GMO, LMO, genetically modified organism, genetically engineered, genetic engineering, Starlink, Coordinated Framework, substantial equivalence, biopharming, administrative law, agriculture, biotechnology, FDA, USDA, EPA, precautionary principle, uncertainty, risk assessment, transgenic

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The New Discovery Doctrine: Some Thoughts on Property Rights and Traditional Knowledge

American Indian Law Review, 2007
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 18 May 2007
Rebecca M. Bratspies
City University of New York - School of Law
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indigenous, traditional knowledge, TRIPS, biodiversity, property

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Rethinking Sustainability to Meet the Climate Change Challenge

43 Environmental Law Reporter 10342-10357, SUNY Buffalo Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2013-023, Hofstra Univ. Legal Studies Research Paper No. 13-05, Lewis & Clark Law School Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2013-1, University of Utah College of Law Research Paper No. 22, Roger Williams Univ. Legal Studies Paper No. 153
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 16 Dec 2012 Last Revised: 18 Aug 2014
Michael Burger, Elizabeth Burleson, Rebecca M. Bratspies, Robin Kundis Craig, Alexandra R. Harrington, Keith H. Hirokawa, Sarah Krakoff, Katrina Fischer Kuh, Stephen R. Miller, Jessica Owley, Patrick A. Parenteau, Melissa Powers, Shannon Roesler and Jonathan D. Rosenbloom
Columbia University - Sabin Center for Climate Change Law, BurlesonInstitute.org, City University of New York - School of Law, University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law, Albany Law School, Albany Law School, University of Colorado Law School, Pace Law School, University of Idaho College of Law - Boise, University of Miami - School of Law, Vermont Law School, Lewis & Clark Law School, Oklahoma City University - School of Law and Drake University Law School
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sustainability, climate change, adaptation, resiliency

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Some Thoughts on the American Approach to Regulating Genetically Modified Organisms

Kansas Journal of Law & Pubic Policy, Vol. 16, No. 3, 2007
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 14 Oct 2007 Last Revised: 13 Nov 2012
Rebecca M. Bratspies
City University of New York - School of Law
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genetically modified organism, GMO, LMO, biotechnology, agriculture, GM crops, regulation, transparency, trust

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Cryptocurrency and the Myth of the Trustless Transaction

Number of pages: 57 Posted: 20 Mar 2018 Last Revised: 06 Apr 2019
Rebecca M. Bratspies
City University of New York - School of Law
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bitcoin, smart contract, ico, fraud, legitimacy, regulatory trust, blockchain, regulation, trust, cryptocurrency, technology

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'Organs of Society': A Plea for Human Rights Accountability for Transnational Enterprises and Other Business Entities

Michigan State University College of Law Journal of International Law, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 15 Apr 2005
Rebecca M. Bratspies
City University of New York - School of Law
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ATCA, international law, human rights, genocide, Nuremberg, crimes against humanity, war crimes, corporation, juridical person, legal person, Geneva Convention, International Criminal Court, ICC, ICTY, ICTR

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Glowing in the Dark: How America's First Transgenic Animal Escaped Regulation

Minnesota Journal of Law, Science & Technology, Vol. 6, No. 2, p. 457, 2005
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 09 Jun 2005 Last Revised: 12 Nov 2012
Rebecca M. Bratspies
City University of New York - School of Law
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biotechnology, transgenic, aquaculture, GMO, LMO, FDA, Food Drug and Cosmetics Act, FDCA, regulation, NEPA, New Animal Drug, Coordinated Framework, transgenic salmon, risk assessment, precautionary principle, GloFish, genetically modified organism, GM

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Myths of Voluntary Compliance: Lessons from the Starlink Corn Fiasco

William & Mary Environmental Law and Policy Review, Vol. 27, p. 593, 2003
Number of pages: 58 Posted: 26 Aug 2003 Last Revised: 04 Nov 2012
Rebecca M. Bratspies
City University of New York - School of Law
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GM crop, GMO. LMO, genetically modified, genetically modified organism, genetically engineered, genetic engineering, Starlink, Coordinated Framework, substantial equivalence, biotechnology, biopharming, administrative law, agriculture, biotechnology, FDA, USDA, EPA, ag-biotech, biotech

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Rethinking Decisionmaking in International Environmental Law: A Process-Oriented Inquiry into Sustainable Development

Yale Journal of International Law, Vol. 32, 2007
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 17 May 2007
Rebecca M. Bratspies
City University of New York - School of Law
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precaution, cost-benefit, environmental, sustainable development, sustainability, risk analysis, international, GMO, biotechnology, regulatory

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A Regulatory Wakeup Call: Lessons from BP's Deepwater Horizon Disaster

Golden Gate University Law Review, 2011
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 19 Jul 2011
Rebecca M. Bratspies
City University of New York - School of Law
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Deepwater Horizon, oil spill, BP, Gulf of Mexico, risk, regulation, MMS, offshore drilling, oil, energy, trust, uncertainty, technology, expertise, Macondo, deepwater

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Trail Smelter's (Semi)Precautionary Legacy

TRANSBOUNDARY HARMS IN INTERNATIONAL LAW: LESSONS FROM THE TRAIL SMELTER ARBITRATION, Rebecca Bratspies, Russell Miller, eds., Cambridge University Press, 2005-2006
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 29 Mar 2006
Rebecca M. Bratspies
City University of New York - School of Law
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Trail Smelter, GMO, LMO, genetic engineering, biotechnology, SPS Agreement, WTO, CBD, Biosafety Protocol, Convention on Biological Diversity, Sanitary and Phtyosanitary

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State Responsibility for Human-Induced Environmental Disasters

55 German Yearbook of International Law 175 (2012)
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 25 Jul 2013
Rebecca M. Bratspies
City University of New York - School of Law
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Sovereignty, State Responsibility, Sustainability, Disaster, Internationally-Wrongful Acts, Environment, Fukushima, Deepwater Horizon, Trail Smelter

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Splitting the Baby: Apportioning Environmental Liability Among Triggered Insurance Policies

Brigham Young Law Review, p. 1215, 1999
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 17 Feb 2003
Rebecca M. Bratspies
City University of New York - School of Law
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insurance, environmental law, CERCLA, hazardous waste, cleanup, allocation, remedy

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Food, Hunger and Technology

Number of pages: 21 Posted: 28 Jul 2012
Rebecca M. Bratspies
City University of New York - School of Law
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hunger, food insecurity, World Food Summit, World Food Conference, Millennium Development Goals, Norman Borlaug, green revolution, genetically modified organism, GMO, technology, poverty, population, Rome Declaration, biotechnology

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Consuming (F)Ears of Corn: Public Health and Biopharming

American Journal of Law and Medicine, Vol. 30, 2004
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 04 Oct 2004
Rebecca M. Bratspies
City University of New York - School of Law
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LMO, Food safety, ag-biotech, biopharming, biotechnology, agriculture, genetic modification, genetic engineering, GMO, pharmaceutical, bio-based, public health, transgenic

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The Intersection of International Human Rights and Domestic Environmental Regulation

Georgia Journal of International and Comparative Law, Vol. 38, 2010
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 22 Aug 2010
Rebecca M. Bratspies
City University of New York - School of Law
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human rights, environmental regulation, Arctic, environmental rights, oil, chukchi sea, norms, discretion, decisionmaking, transparency, participation

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Regulatory Trust

Number of pages: 57 Posted: 19 Mar 2009 Last Revised: 13 Nov 2012
Rebecca M. Bratspies
City University of New York - School of Law
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trust, uncertainty, regulation, expertise, governance, regulatory system, GMO, sustainability, transparency, stewardship

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Finessing King Neptune: Fisheries Management and the Limits of International Law

Harvard Environmental Law Review, Vol. 25, p. 213, 2001
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 17 Feb 2003
Rebecca M. Bratspies
City University of New York - School of Law
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Sustainability: Can Law Meet the Challenge?

Suffolk Transnational Law Review, Vol. 34, No. 2, Summer 2011
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 30 Jan 2012
Rebecca M. Bratspies
City University of New York - School of Law
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sustainability, international law, democracy, participation, uncertainty, precautionary principle, globalization, environment, climate change, wicked problem, complexity

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Farming the Genetically Modified Seas: The Perils and Promise of Transgenic Salmon

THE INTERNATIONAL GOVERNANCE OF FISHERIES ECOSYSTEMS: LEARNING FROM THE PAST, FINDING SOLUTIONS FOR THE FUTURE, B. Taylor, M. Schechter and N. Leonard, eds., 2008
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 31 Aug 2010
Rebecca M. Bratspies
City University of New York - School of Law
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Transgenic Fish, Transgenic Salmon, Aquaculture, Biotechnology, Aqua Bounty, Food Security, GMO GM Fish, GM Salmon, LMO, Genetically Modified

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Human Rights and Environmental Regulation

NYU Environmental Law Journal, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 11 Jun 2011
Rebecca M. Bratspies
City University of New York - School of Law
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human rights, environment, climate change, BP oil spill, transparency, regulation, participation, new governance, future generations, accountability, trust

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Is Anyone Regulating? The Curious State of GMO Governance in the United States

37 Vermont Law Review (2013) (Forthcoming)
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 13 Jun 2013
Rebecca M. Bratspies
City University of New York - School of Law
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biotechnology, genetic modification, Bt alfalfa, Roundup Ready sugar beets, democratic decisionmaking, regulation, uncertainty, science, food insecurity

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Do We Need a Human Right to a Healthy Environment?

Santa Clara Journal of International Law, Vol. 13, No. 1, 2015
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 05 Sep 2015
Rebecca M. Bratspies
City University of New York - School of Law
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climate change, human rights, healthy environment, sustainability, transboundary harm, future generations, environment

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Human Rights and Arctic Resources

Southwestern Journal of Law and Trade in the Americas, Vol. 15, 2009
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 22 Aug 2010
Rebecca M. Bratspies
City University of New York - School of Law
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human rights, property, indigenous rights, Belize, Arctic, regulation, decisionmaking, energy, climate change, natural resources, Chukci Sea

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Reasoning Up to Human Rights: Environmental Rights as Customary International Law

in The Human Right to a Healthy Environment (John Knox and Ramin Pejan, eds. 2018)
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 04 May 2018
Rebecca M. Bratspies
City University of New York - School of Law
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customary law, climate change, human rights, environment, EIA, international law, opinio juris, state practice, constituion

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Reclaiming Global Environmental Leadership: Why the United States Should Ratify Ten Pending Environmental Treaties

Center for Progressive Reform White Paper No. 1201
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 08 Jun 2012
Mary Jane Angelo, Rebecca M. Bratspies, David B. Hunter, John H. Knox, Noah Sachs and Sandra B. Zellmer
University of Florida Levin College of Law, City University of New York - School of Law, American University - Washington College of Law, Wake Forest University - School of Law, University of Richmond School of Law and University of Montana - Alexander Blewett III School of Law
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albatrosses and petrels, Antarctic Liability Annex, Basel Convention, Biodiversity Convention, London Dumping Convention, Plant Genetic Resources Treaty, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions, Convention on the Law of the Sea

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Environmental Law. Disrupted

49 Environmental Law Reporter 10038 (2019), Texas A&M University School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 19-14, Albany Law School Research Paper No. 15 for 2019-2020
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 10 Jan 2019 Last Revised: 24 Oct 2019
Inara Scott, David Takacs, Rebecca M. Bratspies, Vanessa Casado Pérez, Robin Kundis Craig, Keith H. Hirokawa, Blake Hudson, Sarah Krakoff, Katrina Fischer Kuh, Jessica Owley, Melissa Powers, Jonathan D. Rosenbloom, Shannon Roesler, J. B. Ruhl and Erin Ryan
Oregon State University, College of Business, University of California Hastings College of the Law, City University of New York - School of Law, Texas A&M University School of Law, University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law, Albany Law School, University of Houston Law Center, University of Colorado Law School, Pace Law School, University of Miami - School of Law, Lewis & Clark Law School, Drake University Law School, Oklahoma City University - School of Law, Vanderbilt University - Law School and Florida State University, College of Law
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Reconciling the Irreconcilable: Progress Toward Sustainable Development

Progress in International Law, 2008
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 11 Jun 2008 Last Revised: 13 Nov 2012
Rebecca M. Bratspies
City University of New York - School of Law
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progress, sustainability, sustainable, GMO, international law, sustainable development, environmental protection, international environmental law

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Tracing the Limits of the Green Economy

Number of pages: 11 Posted: 14 May 2012
Rebecca M. Bratspies
City University of New York - School of Law
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Rio 20, sustainable development, green economy, palm oil, international law, Rio Convention, sustainability

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Owning All the Seeds: Consolidation and Control in AG-Biotech

Environmental Law, Vol. 47, 2017
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 21 Sep 2017
Rebecca M. Bratspies
City University of New York - School of Law
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Agriculture, Biotechnology, Genetically Engineered, Genetically Modified, Merger, Acquisition, Consolidation, Food Security, Sustainability, Sustainable Agriculture, Food

33.

Can Transgenic Fish Save Fisheries?

GLOBALIZATION: EFFECT ON FISHERIES RESOURCES, William W. Taylor, Michael G. Schechter & Lois G. Wolfson, eds., Cambridge University Press, 2007
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 31 Aug 2010 Last Revised: 15 Jul 2013
Rebecca M. Bratspies
City University of New York - School of Law
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Genetically Modified Salmon, Aqua Bounty, New Animal Drug, FDA, Genetically Modified, GMO, LMO, Transgenic Salmon, Transgenic, Salmon, Fish, Fishery, Fisheries, Biotechnology, Genetic Engineering, Biotechnology

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Claimed Not Granted: Finding a Human Right to a Healthy Environment

Forthcoming Law and Transnational Problems (Summer 2017)
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 28 Jun 2017
Rebecca M. Bratspies
City University of New York - School of Law
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climate change, sustainability, human rights, environment, regulation

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Sustainability is the Answer - Now What Was the Question?

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Sustainability is the Answer - Now What Was the Question?

Number of pages: 2 Posted: 30 Oct 2012
Rebecca M. Bratspies
City University of New York - School of Law
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sustainability, systems, climate change, law, framing

Sustainability Is the Answer, Now What Was the Question?

Rethinking Sustainability to Meet the Climate Change Challenge (Jessica Owley and Keith H. Hirokawa, eds., ELI 2015)
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 09 Sep 2015
Rebecca M. Bratspies
City University of New York - School of Law
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climate change, sustainability, palm oil, Rio 20, governance, green

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Progress in International Law – an Explanation of the Project

PROGRESS IN INTERNATIONAL LAW, Russell A. Miller & Rebecca M. Bratspies, eds., 2008, Washington & Lee Legal Studies Paper No. 2011-51
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 24 Jan 2012
Russell Miller and Rebecca M. Bratspies
Washington and Lee University - School of Law and City University of New York - School of Law
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Transnational Law, international law

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Assuming Away the Problem: The Vexing Relationship between International Trade and Environmental Protection

Number of pages: 19 Posted: 15 Aug 2012
Rebecca M. Bratspies
City University of New York - School of Law
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Kuznets curve, globalization, human rights, exploitation, sustainable development, WTO, trade

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Biotechnology, Sustainability and Trust

Kansas Journal of Law & Pubic Policy, Vol. 18, 2009
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 22 Aug 2010
Rebecca M. Bratspies
City University of New York - School of Law
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biotechnology, regulation, trust, risk, uncertainty, decisionmaking, transparency, expertise, stewardship, GMO, genetic engineering, public choice, regulator, organization, institution

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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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From Ship to Shore: Reforming the National Contingency Plan to Improve Protections for Oil Spill Cleanup Workers

Center for Progressive Reform Working Paper No. 1006, U of Maryland Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2010-59
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 13 Dec 2010
Rebecca M. Bratspies, Alyson Flournoy, Thomas Owen McGarity, Sidney A. Shapiro, Rena I. Steinzor and Matthew Shudtz
City University of New York - School of Law, University of Florida Levin College of Law, University of Texas at Austin - School of Law, Wake Forest University School of Law, University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law and Center for Progressive Reform
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environmental protection, clean-up, reform

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The Human Right to Environmental Information

Number of pages: 14 Posted: 12 Jun 2019
Rebecca M. Bratspies and Sarah Lamdan
City University of New York - School of Law and CUNY School of Law
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environmental information, EIA, access, Bhopal, human rights, environmental rights, information, access to justice

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Our Climate Moment Is Now! (Or How to Change the Story to Save Our World)

Number of pages: 18 Posted: 16 Aug 2019
Rebecca M. Bratspies
City University of New York - School of Law
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zero carbon, net zero, deep decarbonization, climate change, federalism, climate justice, Paris Agreement, local government, state government, IPCC, NDC, just transition, renewable energy, sustainable energy

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The Trump Administration versus the Administrative State

94 Chicago Kent Law Review 101 (2019) (Forthcoming)
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 24 Jun 2019 Last Revised: 04 Sep 2019
Rebecca M. Bratspies
City University of New York - School of Law
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administrative law, crisis, democracy, legitimacy, public participation, civil service, abuse of power, spoils, checks and balances

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Hunger and Equity in an Era of Genetic Engineering

Number of pages: 64 Posted: 20 Dec 2017
Rebecca M. Bratspies
City University of New York - School of Law
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food, equity, gmo, genetically modified organism, genetic engineering, hunger, agriculture, food justice, food sovereignty, agriculture, climate change, sustainability, population, India, famine

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Corrupt at Its Core: How Law Failed the Victims of Waste Dumping in Côte D’ Ivoire

Forthcoming in 43 Columbia J. Envt'l L. (2018)
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 21 May 2018
Rebecca M. Bratspies
City University of New York - School of Law
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corruption, trade, international law, Bamako, Basel Ban, MARPOL, Cote d'Ivoire, Trafigura, hazardous waste, oil, diesel, environment environmental governance, human rights

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Protecting the Environment in an Era of Federal Retreat: The View from New York City

Number of pages: 30 Posted: 19 Dec 2017 Last Revised: 06 Apr 2019
Rebecca M. Bratspies
City University of New York - School of Law
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New York City, Climate Change, sustainability, resilience, Environment, Federalism, Environmental Protection, Urban, Environmental Justice, public transportation, subway, retrofit, solar energy, clean power

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Lionfish as a Metaphor for Governance in an Era of Climate Change

New York Law School Law Review, Vol. 58, No. 4, 2013/2014
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 05 Sep 2015
Rebecca M. Bratspies
City University of New York - School of Law
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lionfish, sustainable, fisheries, invasive, governance, climate change, coral, management, Belize

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The Climate for Human Rights

University of Miami Law Review, Vol. 72, 2018
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 20 Mar 2018
Rebecca M. Bratspies
City University of New York - School of Law
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climate change, human rights, global warming, superwicked, carbon emissions, Mossville, United States, regulation, sustainability, norms, environment, environmental protection, energy

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Using Human Rights to Improve Arctic Governance

Diplomacy on Ice: Energy and the Environment in the Arctic and Antarctic (Rebecca Pincus and Saleem H. Ali, eds., Yale 2015)
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 09 Sep 2015
Rebecca M. Bratspies
City University of New York - School of Law
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climate change, arctic, sustainability, human right, healthy environment, decision-making, legitimacy, participation, governance

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Taking a Page from the FDA's Prescription Medicine Information Rules: Reimagining Environmental Information for Climate Change

University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Review, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 12 May 2018
Sarah Lamdan and Rebecca M. Bratspies
CUNY School of Law and City University of New York - School of Law
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climate change, information access, EPCRA, Clean Air Act, EPA, FDA

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Shutting Down Poletti: Human Rights Lessons from Environmental Victories

Number of pages: 21 Posted: 09 Jan 2019
Rebecca M. Bratspies
City University of New York - School of Law
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Poletti, power plant, environmental justice, human rights, sustainability, climate change, power generation, energy, electricity, New York City, FERC, siting, pollution, PM2.5, particulate, oil

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Mayah's Lot: Teaching Environmental Justice With Comic Books

Forthcoming chapter in The Media Method: Teaching Law With Pop Culture (Christine A. Corcos, ed.)
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 26 Aug 2019
Rebecca M. Bratspies
City University of New York - School of Law
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environmental justice, comic book, graphic novel, social justice, LULU, Mayah's Lot, citizen science, environmental democracy, art

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The Politics of Progress in International Law: Remarks Delivered at the American Society of International Law 2008 Meeting on the Occasion of the Publication of Progress in International Law.

102 Am. Soc’y Int’l L. Proc. 457
Number of pages: 3 Posted: 15 May 2018
Rebecca M. Bratspies
City University of New York - School of Law
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international law, progress, sustainability, human rights, environment, climate change

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An Answer in Search of a Problem: Genetically-Modified Crops in an Era of Climate Change

Posted: 09 Sep 2015
Rebecca M. Bratspies
City University of New York - School of Law

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genetic engineering, GMO, LMO, climate change, sustainability, adaptation, mitigation

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The Green Economy Will Not Build the Rule of Law for Nature

The Rule of Law for Nature; New Dimensions and Ideas in Environmental Law (Christina Voigt, ed., Cambridge 2013
Posted: 09 Sep 2015
Rebecca M. Bratspies
City University of New York - School of Law

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green economy, sustainability, Rio 20, Development, International Law, environment, equity, nature

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Book Review of International Environmental Law and the Global South (Cambridge University Press 2015)

Journal of Human Rights and the Environment, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 4 Posted: 25 Oct 2017
Rebecca M. Bratspies
City University of New York - School of Law
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International Law, Sustainable Development, North, South, Ecology, Environment, Climate Change, Governance, Justice, Common but Differentiated Responsibility, Intergenerational Equity

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Book Review: Shawkat Alam, Sumudu Atapattu, Carmen G Gonzales and Jona Razzaque (eds), International Environmental Law and the Global South (Cambridge University Press, New York 2015) 656 pp.

Journal of Human Rights and the Environment, Vol. 8 No. 2, September 2017, pp. 301–304
Posted: 04 May 2018
Rebecca M. Bratspies
City University of New York - School of Law

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International Law, Post-Colonialism, Environmental Justice, Environmental Law, Human Rights, TWAIL, Equality