Welcome to the Hastings Environmental Law Journal

HELJ  is home to all aspects of environmental policy and  legal  issues. HELJ focuses on scholarship regarding the most current issues from across the private, public, and non-profit sectors. Below you will find some of our most recent published scholarly work. 

Publications – Volume 25

Spring Issue 2019

Social Justice
The Right to a Clean Environment in Nigeria: A Fundamental Right?
Law Review Article by Ayodele Babalola

Biodiversity
Examining the Ethics of Environmental Offsets: A Response to Biocentric Objections to Biodiversity Offsetting
Law Review Article by Meredyth Merrow

Climate Change 
Use of Force in Crisis: A comparative Look at the Domestic and International Laws Governing the Use of U.S. Military Force to Respond to Mass Climate Refugee Migration
Law Review Article by Holly Locke

Judicial Advocacy
Non-Legislative Rules Need Scrutiny Too: The Curious Case of the Appropriate Care Standard
Law Review Article by Ryan Mitchell

Judicial Advocacy
A Tale of Two Portlands: How Port Cities Can Survive Dormant Commerce Clause Challenges to Fossil Fuel Shipping Restrictions
Law Review Article by Kayla Race

Legislative Advocacy
A Solution to Plastic Pollution? Using International Law to Shape Plastic Regulation in the United States
Law Review Article by Allyssa Rose

 

Social Justice
Legal Rights for Nature: How the Idea of Recognizing Nature as a Legal Entity Can Spread and Make a Difference Globally
Law Review Article by Kaitlin Sheber

Oceans
Governing the Salish Sea
Essay by Kyla Wilson

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