Environment, Law, and History

The Journal of Global History  recently published Lena Joos's "‘Only One Earth’: Environmental Perceptions and Policies before the ...

The latest issue of the International Journal of the Commons  has an article by Steven M. Smith, "Dynamics of the Legal Environment and...

Daniel Farber goes back to the history of American environmental law again in his recent Legal Planet post, "50 Years Ago: Environmenta...

I have some objections to a recent post by Dan Farber at Legal Planet, "Learning to Name Environmental Problems" .  Farber raises ...

From Sydney Criminal Lawyers, on Lexology (via Legal History Blog): "The History of Laws Against Cruelty to Animals" . A particula...

I'm happy to report that my article,   "Horizontal and vertical influences in colonial legal transplantation: water by-laws in Brit...

Legal Planet's Richard Frank posted today on the US Clean Water Act's 50th birthday . An excerpt: The CWA as enacted a half-century ...

Another 50th anniversary: Legal Planet reports that the California Environmental Law & Policy Center at U.C. Davis School of Law will c...

The latest  issue of the English Historical Review has an article by Matthew Kelly, "Habitat Protection, Ideology and the British Natur...

H-FedHist recently published a review by Bart Elmore ( recent recipient of the Dan David Prize ) of Gregg Coodley and David Sarasohn's ...

Anna Price of the Library of Congress's In Custodia Legis  recently posted on the 150th anniversary of the creation of Yellowstone Natio...

Dan Farber recently posted on the subject at Legal Planet . Here's part of what he had to say: No doubt we could design a more effective...

President Nixon signs the Clean Air Act of 1970 Richard Revesz recently posted a piece on climate change regulation, " Bostock and the ...

The Historical Journal  recently published James Greenhalgh's "The Control of Outdoor Advertising, Amenity, and Urban Governance in...

During these days of executive/legislative tension in the US, the Journal of Policy History recently published John Hart's "The Nat...

The latest issue of Environmental History  has an article by Evan Hepler-Smith, "Molecular Bureaucracy: Toxicological Information and E...

Dan Farber recently posted at Legal Planet on the environmental aspects US President Lyndon B. Johnson's "Great Society". Fro...

John Day River, Oregon Michael Blumm and Max Yoklic recently posted "The Wild and Scenic Rivers Act at 50: Overlooked Watershed Pro...

Richard Frank posted yesterday at Legal Planet on the 50th anniversary of the Santa Barbara oil spill. Some excerpts: In many ways, howe...

Dave Owen posted had  this interesting thought this week at Environmental Law Prof Blog, regarding a recent discussion on canonical enviro...