Prof. Elizabeth Burleson

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ARTICLES:                                                                      

1. “Innovation Cooperation: Energy Biosciences and Law,” _ University of Illinois Law Review _ forthcoming 2011.

2. “Climate Change Consensus: Emerging International Law,” 34 William and Mary Environmental Law and Policy Review 543 (2010). [View Document]

3. “Collaborative Community-based Natural Resource Management,” _ Fordham Environmental Law Review _ forthcoming 2010. Co-author [View Document]

4. “From Nondiscrimination to Civil Marriage,” 19 Cornell Journal of Law and Public Policy 383 2010. [View Document]

5. “Emerging Law Addressing Climate Change and Water,” Houston Law Center, _ Environmental and Energy Law and Policy Journal _ forthcoming 2010. [View Document]

6. “Climate Change Displacement to Refuge,” University of Oregon, 25 Journal of Environmental Law and Litigation _ forthcoming 2010. [View Document]

7. “China in Context: Energy, Water, and Climate Cooperation,” 36 William Mitchell Law Review _ forthcoming 2010. [View Document]

8. “International Human Rights Law and Co-Parent Adoption,” 55 Loyola Law Review 791 2010. [View Document]

9. “Energy Security, Green Job Creation, and Youth Innovation,” 24 Connecticut Journal of International Law 381 (2009). [View Document]

10. “Wind Power, National Security, and Sound Energy Policy,” 17 Penn State Environmental Law Review 137 (2009). [View Document]

11. “Energy Policy, Intellectual Property and Technology Transfer to Address Climate Change,” 18 University of Iowa Transnational Law and Contemporary Problems 69 (2009). [View Document]

12. “Integrating Our Approach Toward Water, Climate, and Energy,” (International Law Association Proceedings published in 16 Willamette Journal of International Law and Dispute Resolution 2. [View Document]

13. “Water Leadership and the Rights of Youth to Sustainable Development,” 31 Hamline Law Review 755 (2008). [View Document]

14. “Climate Change and the Bali Roadmap,” 12 American Society of International Law Insight 4 (2008). [View Document]

15. “A Climate of Extremes: Transboundary Conflict Resolution,” 32 Vermont Law Review 477 (2008). [View Document]

16. “Water is Security,” 31 UC Davis Environs Environmental Law and Policy Journal 197 (2008).[View Document]

17. “Multilateral Climate Change Mitigation,” 41 University of San Francisco Law Review 373 (2007). [View Document]

18. "Tribal, State, and Federal Cooperation to Achieve Good Governance," 40 Akron Law Review 207 (2007). [View Document]

19. “Middle Eastern and North African Hydropolitics: From Eddies of Indecision to Emerging International Law,” 18 Georgetown International Environmental Law Review 385 (2006). [View Document]

20. “Juvenile Execution, Terrorist Extradition, and Supreme Court Discretion to Consider International Death Penalty Jurisprudence,” 68 Albany Law Review 909 (2005). [View Document]

21. “Equitable and Reasonable Use of Water in the Euphrates-Tigris River Basin,” 35 Environmental Law Reporter 10041 (2005). [View Document]

BOOKS, REPORTS & DOCUMENTARY FILMS:

22. LEGAL ASPECTS OF CLIMATE JUSTICE, Co-Author, American Bar Association and United Nations Development Programme ABA - UNDP International Legal Resource Center (ILRC), 2010-2011.

23. “Innovation, Adaptation and Climate Change Law,” in IMPLEMENTING ADAPTATION STRATEGIES BY LEGAL, ECONOMIC AND PLANNING INSTRUMENTS ON CLIMATE CHANGE, (Springer) forthcoming 2011.

24. “Good Governance: Tribal, State and Federal Environmental Cooperation” in LEGAL STRATEGIES FOR GREENING LOCAL GOVERNMENT, (Keith H. Hirokawa and Patricia Salkin ed. American Bar Association - ABA) forthcoming 2011.

25. GREENING WATER LAW, Contributing Author, United Nations Environmental Programme (Gabriel Eckstein, ed. UNEP) forthcoming 2010-2011.

26. CLIMATE CHANGE ECONOMICS HANDBOOK, Contributing Author, (Imperial College Press, University of London) forthcoming 2011.

27. INDIA BY LEADING GLOBAL THINKERS, Contributing Author, Imperial College Press (University of London), forthcoming 2011.

28. WATERS AND WATER RIGHTS, Treatise Chapters 25, 26, and 27 of Vol. 3, (R. Beck and A. Kelly, ed. LexisNexis / Matthew Bender) forthcoming 2010-2011.

29. CLIMATE CHANGE CONSENSUS, World Scientific Publishing, forthcoming 2011.

30. Copenhagen Climate Change Consensus Building, Documentary Film of the Copenhagen Conference, (InKey) December 2009.

31. WATERS AND WATER RIGHTS, Treatise Chapter 25, 26, 27 of Vol. 3 (R. Beck and A. Kelly, ed. LexisNexis / Matthew Bender) (2009).

32. WATERS AND WATER RIGHTS, Treatise Chapters 25, 26, and 27 Supplements for Vol. 3, (R. Beck, ed. LexisNexis as Matthew Bender) (2008).

33. JESSUP INTERNATIONAL LAW COMPETITION 2009 BENCH MEMORANDUM, (2009) Contributing Author.

34. “Juvenile Execution, Terrorist Extradition, and Supreme Court Discretion to Consider International Death Penalty Jurisprudence,” CAPITAL PUNISHMENT V. HUMAN RIGHTS, (A. Krishnakumari ed. Law Books 2008).

35. “Multilateral Climate Change Mitigation,” CLIMATE CHANGE - GREENHOUSE GAS EFFECTS AND PERSPECTIVES (2008) (A. Usha ed., Law Books 2008).

36. “Equitable and Reasonable Use of Water in the Euphrates-Tigris River Basin,” WATER RIGHTS AND COUNTRY PERSPECTIVES (A. Usha ed., Law Books 2008).

37. THE RIGHTS OF CHILDREN AND YOUTH TO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT (2007) United Nations.

38. CARBON INTENSITY, TRANSBOUNDARY CONFLICT RESOLUTION, AND CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION, (2007) United Nations.

39. CLIMATE CHALLENGE STRATEGIES, (2007) National Wildlife Federation.

40. MAZE OF INJUSTICE: THE FAILURE TO PROTECT INDIGENOUS WOMEN, (2007) Contributing Author, Amnesty International.


41. LEGAL EQUALITY FOR SAME GENDER COUPLES, documentary film explaining the rights and responsibilities of civil marriage, produced by NCCJ, aired by Channel 12, Connecticut (2001).

42. RISING TEMPERATURES: RISING TIDES, (1996) United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).

43. BE THE CHANGE THAT YOU WISH TO SEE, documentary film featuring environmental initiatives in India, Mexico, UK & US, produced by Inkey (1996).

44. INDIVIDUAL TRANSFERABLE QUOTAS IN FISHERIES IN NEW ZEALAND, (1996) Maori Tribal Council.

45. MAKING CONNECTIONS (1994) Spanish documentary film on the role of civil society during the conflict in Chiapas, produced and aired by the Universidad del Valle de Mexico.


46. WETLANDS AND WATERSHEDS: THE LONG ISLAND SOUND, (1995) Harbor Watch - River Watch.


47. THE STUDY OF ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN UNIVERSITIES, (1994) United Nations Environmental Programme.

48. PARTICIPATION IN ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION, (1994) United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF).

49. CHILDREN ASK THE WORLD OF US (author and illustrator of environmental children’s book, Limited Editions: 1992).

50. UNITED NATIONS SECRETARY GENERAL AND THE ENVIRONMENT, (1990) United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).