Our oceans are in declining health. The Global Ocean Commission, a group including former heads of State, private sector leaders, and scientific and economic advisors, has identified five main drivers causing this decline: rising demand for resources; technological advances; decline of fish...

Since the early 1990s, the global effort to mitigate climate change has been framed primarily as an environmental law problem aimed at harm prevention. As the shortcomings of this approach have become increasingly clear, a number of scholars have begun to examine energy policy reform as a...

This article (based on a paper presented at the Seton Hall Law School Guantanamo Teach-In/Conference in October 2006) explores the relationship between law and medical ethics through the lens of detainee abuse at Guantanamo Bay. It describes the U.S. Administration's exercises in legal...

No one can deny the terrible toll that a nuclear bomb has on humans and our environment. But what about the impacts of weapons containing depleted uranium (DU), a low-level radioactive waste product? A number of countries, including the United States, have used DU munitions during times of war....

Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) requirement for activity conducted in the marine area beyond national jurisdiction is considered a requirement under general international law and a part of a comprehensive environmental management system. The draft Agreement on the protection of marine...

Racial capitalism is a conceptual framework that illuminates the relationship between race and class in the global economy. The concept of racial capitalism has spawned a vast interdisciplinary literature reflecting multiple theoretical perspectives on the various ways that race and class (along...

The concept of racial capitalism has been embraced by scholars and activists as a means of exploring the common roots of contemporary social and ecological crises. These include unprecedented environmental degradation, extreme economic inequality, the resurgence of authoritarian...

Internationally, the significance of consumer protection transpired beyond the national frontiers with the adoption of the United Nations Guidelines on Consumer Protection (UNGCP) in 1985. Ever since, there had been various contributions by scholars on the question of consumer rights and their...

With the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty, the promotion of sustainable development became a constitutional imperative for the EU in its relations with third countries. A practical manifestation of this has been the inclusion of environmental (and labour) provisions in the comprehensive...

This Comment addresses whether California’s Vessel Fuel Rules, which require all foreign and U.S. flagged vessels traveling within twenty-four miles of California's coastline to use low-sulfur content fuels, is preempted by the Supremacy Clause of the U.S. Constitution. More specifically, this...