RECENT PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Consulting Professor, International Relations, Stanford, 2009 - present.
Senior Visiting Fellow, Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and Environment, Bangalore, fall, 2009; also teaching an advanced seminar in environment, energy and climate law at National Law School of India, Bangalore.
Visiting Professor, Georgetown Law Center London Summer Program, teaching international climate law and litigation, summer 2009.
Visiting Professor,
Faculty member, Semester at Sea (
Professorial Lecturer, School of Advanced
International Studies (SAIS), Johns Hopkins University, 2006-08, teaching
energy and environment in
Consulting Professor, Stanford in
Visiting Professor,
Consulting Professor in Human Biology,
Faculty member, University of San
Francisco Law School program in
Director of Environmental Program, University of San Francisco Law School, Bali, Indonesia, summers 2000 and 2001; Cambodia, summer 2002.
Director, India Visiting Environmental Law Fellows Program, 1992-2007.
Founder and President, Pacific
Environment, an international environmental NGO,
Lecturer, Environmental Science, Policy
and Management, U.C. Berkeley, teaching courses in
Adjunct Professor, Boalt Hall School of Law (U.C. Berkeley) and Golden Gate Law School in San Francisco, teaching seminars in international environmental law, Spring 1994 (Boalt Hall) and Spring 1993 to summer 2003 (Golden Gate).
Executive Director, The Pacific Pioneer
Fund (a philanthropic foundation),
Director, International Comparative Study of Transboundary Air Pollution, Environmental Law Institute, Washington, D.C. 1979 to 1980.
Author of American government textbook on contract with Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1977 to 1978.
ACADEMIC BACKGROUND
Ph.D., Political Science,
M.A., Political Science,
J.D.,
A.B., Politics,
AFFILIATIONS
Commission on Environmental Law, IUCN, 2003 – present.
Committee on Ethics, Rights and Freedoms, American Political Science Association (1977-1980, and 1990-93)
Board Member, Enviro-Legal Defense
Fund (
Co-Chair, Int'l Environmental Law
Subcommittee, State Bar of
Member, Board of Trustees,
AWARDS
Associated Students of
Phi
Beta Kappa of
Stanford Phi Beta
Kappa Distinguished Teaching Award, June 2003 (elected by graduating seniors).
Visiting Professor, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, teaching a seminar on Asian environmental law, Summer 1998.
Visiting Professor,
USIA lecturer in
Visiting Professor,
Fulbright Professor to
Fulbright Senior Scholar Award to lecture at various Australian universities on international and comparative environmental law, 1987.
USIA lecture tour to
USIA lecture tour to
Fulbright Professor to India, teaching environmental law at the Universities of Cochin and Poona, 1983-84.
Swedish Bicentennial Fund Award, re the ECE "Acid Rain" Convention, 1983.
PUBLICATIONS
Books:
Climate Change Science and Policy,
Climate Change Policy,
Environmental Law and Policy
in
International Environmental Law, monograph for Global Change Instruction Program, University Corp. for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO. Commissioned by the National Science Foundation, July 1999. (with P. Kibel and K. Yurchak).
Economic Approaches for a
Green
CFCs and the Ozone Layer, Ambio
(
Acid Rain in
American Government,
Congress
and the Public Trust,
Lawyers in the House of Commons,
dissertation, 1970. (
Articles:
“Transboundary
Environmental Issues in the Indian Sub-Continent,” Env. Policy and
Law, December, 2010 (with A. G.
Jain and Raeesa Vakil).
“Who is to blame for
the Bhopal disaster and what does justice now require?” Indian Yearbook of
Int’l Law and Policy, 2011
(with Sairam Bhat).
“Energy: Past,
Present and Future,” a book review
essay in Global Environmental Politics, fall, 2010 (with
Michael Jackson).
“Environmental Law in
“America’s Climate
Change Challenges,”chapter in Into
the Wilds of Climate Law, Australian Center on Climate and Environmental
Law, March 2010.
“Climate Change Adaptation, Policies
and Measures in India,” Georgetown International Environmental Law
Review, Symposium Issue, Spring
2010 (with Dilpreet Singh and Jahnavi Pai).
“National Green Tribunal Bill, 2009:
Proposals for Improvement,” Economic and
Political Weekly,
“Court-Appointed Monitoring Committees: The Case of the Dahanu Taluka
Environmental Protection Authority," Law, Environment and Development
(LEAD) Journal,
“Whither
the National Environmental Appellate Authority of
Economic and Political Weekly,
“Doling Out Environmental Justice to
Nicaraguan Banana Workers: The
Jose Adolfo Tellez v. Dole Food Company
Litigation in the
India Country Report, Yearbook of International Environmental Law, 1991 – 2009.
“The
“Supreme Court and India’s Forests,” Economic and Political Weekly,
“Holding Oil Companies Liable for Human
Rights Violations in a Post-Sosa World,” New England Law Review, symposium issue, spring 2008 (with J.
Goodwin).
“The
“The Godavarman Case: The Indian Supreme
Court’s Breach of Constitutional Boundaries in Managing
“What Has Become of Separation of
Powers in
Natural Resources Depletion, in Encyclopedia of Globalization, 2006.
US Country Report, in Yearbook of International Environmental Law, 2005.
“Doe v. Unocal: Holding Corporations Liable for Human Rights Abuses on Their Watch,” Chapman Law Review, symposium issue, spring, 2005 (with David Louk).
“Judicial Review of Environmental
Cases: Comparing the
“Origin and Emergence of 20 Core
International Environmental Norms,”
“Can the Supreme Court of
“The
Jnl. Env. L. Spring 2003 (with Michael Jackson)
“Foreign
Environmental and Human Rights Lawsuits Against
"
“Recent Developments on
International Environmental Law and the Rights of Children to a Clean
Environment,” in Shaping the Future By Law: Children, Environment
and Human Health, 1997 (with P. Kibel and
. "Progress on the Environmental Front: The Regulation of Industry and Development in India," Hastings Int'l & Comp. Law Rev, Spring 1996 (with K. Yurchak)
"The Need for International Timber Trade Reform," Review of European Community and International Environmental Law, Vol. 4, No. 3, 1995 (with P. Kibel)
The Right to a Healthful Environment
under the Constitution of
Greening the Blueprint: Environment and
Development in
"Environmental Protection
Under NAFTA," International Trade - The
"A Blanket Spread Too
Thin: Compensation for
"Legal and Political Repercussions
in
"The
"
"
Reports on "Energy" for the Yearbook of International Environmental Law, Vol. II (1992), Vol. III (1993), Vol. IV (1994).
"
"Cutting
Down
"
"
"Chlorofluorocarbons and the Ozone Layer: The Needs of Developing Countries," (with R. Milligan), Ambio, Vol. 19, No. 6-7, October 1990.
"The
"
"Writ Jurisdiction in
"
"The Twists and Turns of the
"Environmental Protection in
"Some International Law Aspects of
the
"Policies and
Institutions" chapter, World Resources 1987, World Resources
Institute (
"Compensating Victims of Environmental Disasters: Some American Models," in R. Khan, et al., eds., Law, Science and Environment, 1987.
"
"The
"An Evaluation of Pollution
Control Legislation in
"The Acid Rain Controversy in
"The Transboundary Pollution Reciprocal Access Act," Env. Policy & Law, vol.15, No. 3-4, 1985.
Columns printed in The Statesman
(
"The Condition of Native American
Tribal People in the
"Transboundary air Pollution: The Search for an International Response," (with G. Wetstone), Harvard Envir. Law R. Winter, 1983-84.
"The Control of Air Pollution and
Acid Rain in the
"Transboundary Air Pollution
in
"Transboundary Air Pollution
Between
"The Control of Sulfur
Pollution in the
"Limestone: One Answer for
"The Politics and Law of Transboundary Air Pollution," Stanford Lawyer, Fall/Winter, 1981.
"The E.C.E. Convention," Zeitschrift
fur Unweltpolitik, Vol.
4, 1981.
"The E.C.E. Convention of 1979 on
"Economic Approaches to Air Pollution Control," Environment, October, 1981.
"The European Conference on Acid Rain," Env. Pol. & Law, Sept. 1981.
"The Politics and Law of Transboundary Air Pollution," Ved P. Nanda, Ed., in World Climate Change: The Role of International Law and Institutions, Westview Press, 1981.
"Acid Rain, A Small Step
forward," Christian Science Monitor,
"The International Law and Politics of Acid Rain," Denver J. Int'l Law & Policy Spring, 1981.
"Transboundary Air Pollution: The
European Experience," delivered at the Canada-United States law
Institute,
"Transboundary Air Pollution:
International law, Agreements and Other Remedies," delivered at a
joint conference of the American and Canadian Bar Associations,
"Acid Rain: Victims
Complain, Polluters Stall," Christian Science Monitor,
"International Forecast: More Acid Rain," Science '80, July-August 1980.
"The Problems of Transboundary Pollution," Environment, June, 1980.
"Acid Rain," Transatlantic Perspectives, Vol. 1, No. 2, 1980.
"The Health of
Presidents," Wall Street Journal,
"International Perspectives on the Long-Range Transport of Sulfur Oxides," in Air Pollution Control: National and International Perspectives, American Bar Association, 1980.
"The Future of Environmental Defense," Amer. Bar Assn. J., March, 1975