by lharmon | Sep 14, 2012 | Uncategorized
M-165-2012-EN (text of motion) The World Conservation Congress has approved our motion on the strengthening of the environmental judiciary worldwide. This is a project Professor Nicholas Robinson has pursued for the past few years with other partners, including the...
by lharmon | Sep 13, 2012 | Uncategorized
Nick Robinson receiving IUCN Lifetime Member certificate from His Royal Highness Prince Carl Philip of Sweden. On Wednesday, Professor Nicholas Robinson received one of the IUCN’s highest honors, Honorary Lifetime Membership status. The full Pace delegation was...
by lharmon | Sep 13, 2012 | Uncategorized
The International Union for the Conservation of Nature is the largest conservation group in the world. It holds a Congress of its members (governments and NGOs) every four years, and Pace Law’s Center for Environmental Legal Studies, as a voting member, sends a...
by David Cassuto | Jul 18, 2012 | Uncategorized
David Cassuto The title of this post is also the title of my forthcoming essay in Law, Culture & the Humanities (a special issue on Law & Food). Get it here. Here’s the abstract: Law and food are distinct concepts, though the discipline (Law and Food) implies...
by ljensen | Jul 3, 2012 | Uncategorized
It’s hard to know exactly what to say about Rio, and perhaps much too early to assess its impact. While no one seems to be declaring the conference a resounding success, some commentators argue that it was a useful undertaking with good results, especially in...
by ljensen | Jul 2, 2012 | Uncategorized
On June 26, the D.C. Circuit issued its opinion in Coalition for Responsible Regulation, Inc. v. EPA, which upheld EPA’s regulations of greenhouse gases (GHGs) as pollutants. Many insurance companies believe that this ruling will aid them in defending against...
