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Sunday, July 30, 2017

Inter-imperial riparian law VI: Miner as an inter-imperial legal authority and Conclusion

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On Friday we discussed the place of French and American law in Privy Council water decisions , leading up to the seminal 1858 case of  Mine...
Friday, July 28, 2017

Inter-imperial riparian law V: Encounters of legal empires in Miner?

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Yesterday I discussed why American water law may have been attractive to judges applying French law in Canada. Today we move the focus back...
Thursday, July 27, 2017

Inter-imperial riparian law IV: The attraction of American law

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Yesterday I discussed the extensive use water law judicial decisions in the courts of Lower Canada, with its pre-revolutionary French proper...
Wednesday, July 26, 2017

Inter-imperial riparian law III: American sources of French-Canadian water law

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Continuing where yesterday's post left off: Canada’s broad St. Lawrence River and its tributaries were the sites of intensive water u...
Tuesday, July 25, 2017

Inter-imperial riparian law II: The Law in Miner v. Gilmour

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Continuing where yesterday's post left off: As the judges of the Privy Council recognized, the law governing the conflict between Mine...
Monday, July 24, 2017

Inter-imperial riparian law I - Introduction: Inter-imperial law in an inter-imperial court

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It seems I forgot to mention my own article when I posted it a while back.  "Riparian Rights in Lower Canada and Canada East: Inter-Imp...
Sunday, July 23, 2017

Environmental racism, American exceptionalism, and Cold War human rights

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OAS headquarters in Washington Carmen Gonzalez recently posted "Environmental Racism, American Exceptionalism, and Cold War Human R...
Friday, July 21, 2017

Top 100 environmental blog

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I'm happy to report that Feedspot has named Environment, Law, and History one of the top 100 environmental blogs. Thanks to all of you -...
Thursday, July 20, 2017

Dutch drinking water

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David Zetland and Bene Colenbrander recently posted "The Evolution of the Dutch Drinking Water Sector" . The abstract: Dutch d...
Wednesday, July 19, 2017

The tobacco playbook

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(Sorry for the long silence, I've been busy with some other things. As always, if you're interested in contributing posts to the bl...