By Stephen R. Miller Political and legal tools have emerged since the 1970s, and especially in the last two decades, that provide political and legal power to neighborhoods. However, these tools are often used in an ad hoc fashion, and there has been scant analysis of how these tools might work together effectively. This Article asserts that those locations in cities that … [Read more...] about Legal Neighborhoods
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New Day at the Pool: State Preemption, Common Pool Resources, and Non-Place Based Municipal Collaborations
By Jonathan Rosenbloom State preemption laws strictly limit local governments from regulating beyond their borders. Local governments, however, face a broad spectrum of challenges that cannot be confined to municipal borders. These challenges freely flow in and out of many local jurisdictions at the same time. The juxtaposition of limited local government authority and … [Read more...] about New Day at the Pool: State Preemption, Common Pool Resources, and Non-Place Based Municipal Collaborations
Capturing Individual Harms
By Katrina Fischer Kuh The aggregated lifestyles and behaviors of individuals impose significant environmental harms yet remain largely unregulated. A growing literature recognizes the environmental significance of individual behaviors, critiques the failure of environmental law and policy to capture harms traceable to individual behaviors, and suggests and evaluates … [Read more...] about Capturing Individual Harms