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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.
I agree that there's a large role for the private sector here. However, I think you're underestimating the difficulty of…
On The Dietary Supplement Scandal
Thanks to Michael Herz for correcting my Holmes references. Wouldn't do to cite the wrong story!
On Sherlock Holmes and the Mystery of the Job-Killing Regulations
Hi Jonathan. I haven't followed the merits of the complaints that carefully, since health care finance is a bit outside…
On Boehner’s Blunderbuss
Jonathan--It seems to me almost like BAU in environmental law. Congress is constantly setting deadlines for EPA to implement the…
On Boehner’s Blunderbuss
I certainly didn't mean any criticism of Dr. King. There's no reason why he should have been expected to speak…
On What Martin Luther King DIDN’T Say
Hi Michael. I was trying to think in terms of some of the arguments made by "small government" people against…
On Why Pollution Regulations Aren’t Taxes
Michael--It would be nice to hear from an energy economist about this issue. It strikes me as quite complicated. Just…
On The Significance of EPA’s Proposed Power Plant Standards
I understand the appeal of using consumption based accounting. On the other hand, if those emissions count against the U.S.,…
On Passing Gas
I'm pleased that this post has sparked such interesting discussion. One question is whether we should make decisions without taking…
On Rethinking “Adaptation”