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Dan Farber
Dan Farber has written and taught on environmental and constitutional law as well as about contracts, jurisprudence and legislation. Currently at Berkeley Law, he has also spent time at Minnesota Law School (where he became the first Henry J. Fletcher Professor of Law in 1987), Stanford Law School, Harvard Law School and the University of Chicago Law School (where he was named McKnight Presidential Professor of Public Law in 2000). He is also a pioneer in the emerging field of Disaster Law, which examines legal issues related to society’s ability to deal effectively with the aftermath of catastrophes and the risk of future disasters.
Thanks, Peter! I wish everyone would read your "Decider" article about this.
On Pushing Back Against Presidential Power
Holly--that's an excellent point. I don't want to name any of those figureheads, but there definitely are such people. I…
On Pushing Back Against Presidential Power
Jesse - It doesn't sounds like he's going that direction. If he did, he would be weakening his own power…
On A Bitter Pill
You're right that lawyers are allowed to plead alternative versions of the case when the facts are unclear. But there…
On Welcome to the World of “Alternative Facts”
Liz --Thanks for pointing out the typo! Fixed now.
On Battle for the Senate: North Carolina
I try to avoid caricaturing libertarianism -- for example, by reducing it to Ayn Rand-style selfish egotism, or by equating…
On The Libertarian Party and the Environment
That's an interesting thought, but I don't believe it would be a factor here. The decision that you're referring to…
On The Puzzling Persistence of Takings Litigation
Dave--That certainly seems possible, and probably could be checked just by looking at some of the opinions to check on…
On The Puzzling Persistence of Takings Litigation
The paper by Mann et al. is now available here: http://www.nature.com/articles/srep19831.
On Two Record-Breaking Hot Years in a Row
Thanks for pointing out the typo and for your observation about Pará. It would be great to hear from others…
On The Brazilian Deforestation Puzzle