Although opinion polling generally indicates that the environment is low on the list of public...
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Douglas N. Marsh
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James L. Huffman
Emeritus Dean and Professor of Law, Lewis & Clark Law School
Biography
Professor Huffman joined the law school faculty in 1973, was appointed Acting Dean in 1993 and Dean in 1994, and returned to full time teaching in 2006. Born in Fort Benton, Montana, Jim graduated from Montana State University, the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University, and the University of Chicago Law School. He has been a visiting professor at Auckland University in New Zealand, the University of Oregon, the University of Athens in Greece and Universidad Francisco Marroquin in Guatemala. He was also a fellow at the Humane Studies Institute and a Distinguished Bradley Scholar at the Heritage Foundation. Jim serves on the boards of the National Crime Victims Law Institute, the Foundation for Research on Economics and the Environment, the Classroom Law Project, and the Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation. He is a member and former Chair of the Executive Committee of the Environment and Property Rights Practice Group of the Federalist Society. He is a member of the Montana Bar Association and is admitted to practice before the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and the United States Supreme Court. He is the author of more than 100 articles and chapters on a wide array of legal topics.
Topics
Wilkins v. United States: Is the Quiet Title Act’s Statute of Limitations Jurisdictional, and How Does the Answer Affect Property Rights?
An age-old legal maxim—going back to Blackstone—states, “where there is a right, there must be...
Colorado Supreme Court Strikes Down Local Fracking Bans
Douglas N. Marsh
In City of Fort Collins v. Colo. Oil and Gas Ass’n1 and City of Longmont v. Colo. Oil...
Environmental Regulation and Natural Resource Management
James L. Huffman
Although opinion polling generally indicates that the environment is low on the list of public...