This paper, prepared for the Hamburg Conference on International Environmental Law, reports on US progress in mitigating global climate disruption. It concludes that the US has begun to move forward on this issue, but has not fully awakened to the danger climate disruption poses. This paper...

This paper consists of the introductory chapter of a forthcoming book, The Economic Dynamics of Law (Cambridge University Press 2012). The book proposes a macroeconomic approach to law as suitable for creating rules embodying normative commitments over long time periods. This chapter explains...