(Papers from the Section on Natural Resources and Energy Law to be published in Environmental Law Reporter)
(Papers from the Section on Property Law to be published in George Mason Law Review)
How do you think Environmental and Natural Resources Law will change in the next 40 years? This program, “40 Years of Environmental and Natural Resources Law—A Prospective Look,” will attempt to answer this question. It was planned to compliment a companion program, “40 Years of Environmental and Natural Resources Law—A Retrospective Look,” which is hosted the day before by the Sections on North American and Environmental Law.
The first half of the program will focus on the future of Natural Resources and Energy Law. John C. Cruden, President of Environmental Law Institute, and Bob Percival of Georgetown and the University of Maryland will help lead a discussion that includes the following topics and more: (1) the expansion of cooperative federalism models (Kalyani Robbins from University of Akron School of Law); (2) the increasing privatization of environmental law (Jessica Owley from SUNY—Buffalo); (3) the expansion of international natural resource law ((Peter Reich from Whittier Law School); and (4) the future of law teaching (K.K. DuVivier from the University of Denver Sturm College of Law). The speakers will be writing articles dealing with their topics, and the Environmental Law Reporter will publish papers connected with the presentation in the spring of 2013.
After a short break the Property Section panel will take “A Prospective Look at Property Rights” as we face increasing demands for natural resources, energy, and environmental protection. The panel will examine the legal and political issues that continue to challenge our local, national, and international communities as we seek to balance government regulation, private ownership rights, and public rights over natural resources. We will discuss the clash among traditional understandings of property rights (Steven Eagle from George Mason University School of Law), the continuing rise of the public trust doctrine (John Echeverria from Vermont Law School), disappearing property as island nations an