Despite China’s legislative attempts to conserve its natural resources and, in turn, protect biodiversity, Chinese law remains ineffective in pursuit of these goals due to struggles with implementation and enforcement, engendering legislation with economic values rather than ecological ones, and a lack of public participation. This Article provides an overview of Chinese biodiversity and conservation legislation and suggests that China can improve biodiversity legislation through increasing the public role in conservation efforts, increased liability and enforcement, and improved administration coordination.

This Article makes the case for food security law and policy as a component of global environmental law in recognition of the global economy, trade liberalization, and concerns for food safety and environmental harm. It further lays out rule of law as a significant force in mitigating food safety concerns and pollution in China. Part II explores global food safety concerns in the context of U.S.-China relations, while Part III shows how cooperative agreements are emerging in global environmental governance as the U.S. Food & Drug Administration now has an on-the-ground presence in China. Part IV shows how increased rule of law may mitigate environmental harm and food safety concerns in China. The Article concludes by making the case that increased international cooperation on traditionally domestic issues is both likely and desirable, and makes the case for increased rule of law efforts in the developing world.

The full article is available at: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2133551

(1) A notice of my move to Pace with reports of other lateral moves. Informative.

Brian Leiter’s Law School Reports: Lateral hires with tenure, 2012-13

http://leiterlawschool.typepad.com/leiter/2013/05/lateral-hires-with-tenure-2012-13.html

(2) A blog post about my Dubitante article. Surprising to find.

Word of the day: Dubitante | The MiLW Blog
http://milawyersweekly.com/milwblog/2012/08/27/word-of-the-day-dubitante/

(3) And a truly bizarre dramatic reading of the back cover of my book by a computer with a British female voice. Why on earth would a business do this?!?!

Law Book Review: Everyday Environmentalism: Law, Nature, and Individual Behavior by Jason Joseph … – YouTube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?client=mv-google&gl=US&hl=en&v=B13xmaQQTPM&nomobile=1

in celebrating the release of

Food, Agriculture, and Environmental Law

edited by:
Mary Jane Angelo, Jason J. Czarnezki, and William S. Eubanks II

Thursday, May 30, 2013 from 5:00 – 6:30 p.m.

Environmental Law Institute
2000 L Street NW, Suite 620
Washington, DC 20036

Light refreshments will be served.

R.S.V.P. by May 24 to Melodie DeMulling at demulling

Buy the book by clicking here.

In the groundbreaking Food, Agriculture, and Environmental Law, leading environmental legal scholars Mary Jane Angelo, Jason Czarnezki, and Bill Eubanks, along with five distinguished contributing authors, undertake an exploration of the challenging political and societal issues facing agricultural policy and modern food systems through the lens of environmental protection laws. Through this exploration, the authors seek to answer difficult questions about the need for new approaches to agricultural policy and environmental law to meet 21st century concerns surrounding climate change, sustainable agriculture, accessibility to healthy foods and the conservations of natural resources and ecosystem services. This is the first book to examine both the impact of agricultural policy on the environment and the influence of environmental law on food and agriculture.

Contributing authors include:Teresa Clemmer, Hannah Connor, John H. Davidson, George Kimbrell and J.B. Ruhl

A much discussed topic in the European Union is how public procurement may be used to support general societal goals, such as good
environmental protection. But to what extent is it actually possible for public authorities to use procurement in order to achieve non-economic goals? In this report, the situation in Europe is compared with the one in the United States. American states can encourage, and in some cases require, public institutions to purchase products manufactured in that state (i.e., a geographic preference), due to the so called market participant exception.

http://sieps.se/en/publikationer/states-as-market-participants-in-the-us-and-the-eu-public-purchasing-and-the-environment-20132