Environmental Law & Property Rights Practice Group

N. District of California: Elected Branches of Government Are the Proper Channels for Addressing Climate Change

Andrew R. Varcoe

In a trenchant Los Angeles Times opinion piece, Chapman University law professor and constitutional law expert Donald Kochan assesses...

Extraterritorial Ambition: State Energy Taxes and the Question of Imported Electricity

Daniel Himebaugh

Federalist Society Review, Volume 19

Note from the Editor: This article discusses the extraterritoriality doctrine and whether and how it...

Originally Speaking: Climate Change and Common Law Public Nuisance

Daniel E. Lungren, Donald J. Kochan, Patrick A. Parenteau, Richard Faulk, John S. Baker

Originally Speaking is a written debate series that approaches a contemporary topic from diverse perspectives. The...

The Compact Clause and Interstate Compacts

Michael S. Greve, Nicholas C. Dranias, Dean Reuter

Environmental Law & Property Rights Practice Group Podcast

The Compact Clause of the Constitution provides that "[n]o State shall, without the Consent of...

Do Animals (or Humans Claiming to Represent Them) Have Constitutional Standing to File Federal Lawsuits?  In the Ninth Circuit, the Answer Is Yes.

Andrew R. Varcoe

Do monkeys have the right to sue for copyright infringement?  If the question strikes you...