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Books:

Intellectual Property: A Reference Handbook (2007)

Internet and the Law: Technology, Society, and Compromise (2005)

International Environmental Disputes: A Reference Handbook (2005)

 

LAW REVIEW ARTICLES

Intellectual Property Piracy: Perception and Reality in China, the United States, and Elsewhere, 2 Journal of International Media and Entertainment Law ___ (2007)

Measures to Protect the Tibetan Antelope under the CITES Framework, 29 Thomas Jefferson L. Rev. 251 (2007)(coauthored with Liang Qinghua); reprinted in ICFAI [Institute of Chartered Financial Analysts of India] J. Envtl. L., Oct. 2007, at 30

Harry Potter and the Unforgivable Curses: Norm-formation, Inconsistency, and the Rule of Law in the Wizarding World, 11 Roger Williams U. L.Rev. 309 (2006)

Harry Potter and the Law, 12 Texas Wesleyan L. Rev. 427 (2005)(co-authored with Jeff Thomas [lead author] et al.)

Ecocide and Genocide in Iraq: International Law, the Marsh Arabs and Environmental Damage in Non-international Conflicts, 15 Colorado J. Int'l Envtl. L. 1 (2003)

Kosovo: Virtual War and International Law, 15 L. & Literature 1 (2003)

How Protectionism is Destroying the Everglades, National Wetlands Newsletter, Jan.-Feb. 2002, at 7 Get Acrobat Reader

How Free Trade Can Save the Everglades, 14 Georgetown Int'l Envtl. L. Rev. 301 (2001)

NATO’s War in Kosovo and the Final Report to the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, 9 Tulane J. of Int'l & Comp. L. 167 (2001)

How Protectionism is Destroying the Everglades, 31 Envtl. L. Rptr. 11,499 (2001)

From Schweizerhalle to Baia Mare: The Continuing Failure of International Law to Protect Europe’s Rivers, 19 Va. Envtl. L.J. 431 (2000)  

Humanitarian Intervention and Environmental Protection: The Effect of the Kosovo War on the Law of War, 6 Colum. J. E. Eur. L. 405 (2001)

The Tisza Cyanide Disaster and International Law, 30 Envtl. L. Rptr. 10,509 (2000)

Yugoslavia v. NATO, Security Council Resolution 1244, and the Law of Humanitarian Intervention, 27 Syracuse J. Int’l L. & Comm. 77 (2000)

Environmental Damage Resulting From the NATO Military Action Against Yugoslavia, 25 Colum. J. Envtl. L. 117 (2000)

The Legality of the NATO Bombing Operation in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, 11 Pace Int’l L. Rev. 407 (1999)

Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings, 21 Thomas Jefferson L. Rev. 101 (1999) 

Using International Law to Prevent Environmental Harm from Increased Use of Desalination, 34 Tex. Int’l L.J. 187 (1999)

The United Nations Convention on the Law of Non-Navigational Users of International Watercourses, Customary International Law, and the Interests of Developing Upper Riparians, 33 Texas Int’l L.J. 257 (1998)

Jefferson and Slavery, 19 Thomas Jefferson L. Rev. 63 (1997)  

An Analysis of First-Year Student WESTLAW Use: Why Vendor-Provided Training Isn’t Enough, 16 Legal Reference Services Q. 7 (1997)

Diverting the Danube: the Gabcikovo-Nagymaros Dispute & International Freshwater Law, 14 Berkeley J. Int’l L. 290 (1996)  

Doctrine or Dictum: The Ker-Frisbie Doctrine and Official Abductions That Breach International Law, 25 U. Miami Inter-Am. L. Rev. 19 (1993)

Employer Sanctions and Discrimination: The Case for Repeal of the Employer Sanctions Provisions of the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986, 4 La Raza L.J. 1 (1991)  

The Sandoz Spill: the Failure of International Law to Protect the Rhine from Pollution, 16 Ecology L.Q. 443 (1989), reprinted in part in Plater, Abrams, & Goldfarb, Environmental Law and Policy: Nature, Law, and Society 999 (1992), and in Weiner, Favre & Chopra, International Environmental Law 6 (1993)

OTHER WORKS

“Harry Potter and the Unforgivable Curses,” chapter in The Law & Harry Potter (Jeff Thomas ed.; Durham: Carolina Academic Press, forthcoming 2007)

America Online, entry in the Encyclopedia of American Civil Liberties (Routledge 2006)

Internet Filtering at Libraries and Free Speech, entry in the Encyclopedia of American Civil Liberties (Routledge 2006)

The Internet and Intellectual Property, entry in the Encyclopedia of American Civil Liberties (Routledge 2006)

Law Regarding Protection of the Environment During Wartime (Chapter 1.36.4.5 in the UNESCO Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems) (2002)

Law (Theme 6.31 in the UNESCO Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems), in 3 Knowledge Base for Sustainable Development: An Insight Into the Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems 757 (2002)

The Role of International Law and Institutions (Theme 1.36 in the UNESCO Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems), in 1 Knowledge Base for Sustainable Development: An Insight Into the Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems 611 (2002)(with Art Cockfield)

Transboundary Environmental Harm and State Responsibility (Chapter 1.36.2.2 in the UNESCO Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems)

International Environmental Law, (Topic 1.36.2 in the UNESCO Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems)

Non-Western Philosophies of Law, (Chapter 6.31.1.3 in the UNESCO Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems)

Philosophies and Systems of Law, (Topic 6.31.1 in the UNESCO Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems)

Don't Blame Canada for Terrorism, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Oct. 10, 2001

Fellow Americans Should Not Be Targets of Our Anger, San Diego Union-Tribune, Sept. 14, 2001, at B-9

The Electoral College Deprives Voters of a Fair, Just Election, Los Angeles Daily J., Dec. 4, 2000, at 6

Comments on Republika Srpska Local Self-Government Law, American Bar Ass’n Central and Eastern European Law Initiative, June 12, 2000

Comments on the Draft Convention on the Use of Water and Biological Resources and Conservation of Biodiversity of the Dniester River Between Moldova and Ukraine, American Bar Ass’n Central and Eastern European Law Initiative, Jan.18, 2000

Thomas Jefferson as an Unsuccessful Advocate for Freedom in Howell v. Netherland, 20 Thomas Jefferson L. Rev. 129 (1998)

Death Watch on the Rhine, 75 Bus. & Soc. Rev. 36 (1990)

EDITORIAL RESPONSIBILITIES

Theme Editor, UNESCO Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems Theme 6.31 (Law)

Theme Co-Editor, UNESCO Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems Theme 1.36 (International Law)