• The more who die, the less we care: Confronting genocide and the numbing arithmetic of compassion 

  Slovic, Paul (TEDxKakumaCamp, 2018-06-09)

  In 1994 I carefully followed the reports of the genocide occurring in Rwanda where some 800,000 people were murdered in about 100 days. I was shocked by the indifference of the American public to this terrible news and ...

• Presbyteral Ordination and the See of Rome 

  Crumb, Lawrence N. (SPCK Publishing, 1963)

  The traditional minister of ordination is a bishop. However, during the late Middle Ages, several superiors of religious orders received papal permission to ordain their monks to the subdiaconate and diaconate. The principal ...

• Little cigars and cigarillos: Affect and perceived relative harm among U.S. adults, 2015. 

  Majeed, Ban A.; Nyman, Amy; Sterling, Kymberle L.; Slovic, Paul (Addictive Behaviors, 2018)

  Similar to cigarette smoking, consumption of cigars delivers nicotine and byproducts of tobacco combustion and elevates the risk of addiction, illness, and premature death. This study examined the relationship of affect, ...

• The Impact of the Oregon Cultural Trust on the Statewide Cultural Policy Institutional Infrastructure 

  Cummins, Joshua; Fernandez, Milton; Flinspach, Jennie; Hobbs, Brianna; Lambert, Patricia; Victoria, Lee; Rutter, Juliet; Sokolowski, Jes; McMullen, Bradford; Rogers, J. K. (Center for Community Arts and Cultural Policy, University of Oregon, 2018-06-12)

  Parallel to a similar study commissioned by the Oregon Cultural Trust in 2017-2018, the University of Oregon (UO) Arts and Administration program partnered with senior staff of the Oregon Cultural Trust and the National ...

• Turning Oregon’s Bicycle Infrastructure from Good to Great! 

  League, Jan (University of Oregon School of Law, 2018-06-11)

  Oregon’s bicycle infrastructure policies are designed to increase bicycle ridership. The state has been a U.S. bicycle trendsetter in infrastructure, policy, laws, and tax funding since the early 1970s. As a result of these ...

• Break the Law to Make the Law: The Necessity Defense in Environmental Civil Disobedience Cases and Its Human Rights Implications 

  Fallon, Abigail J. (University of Oregon School of Law, 2018-06-11)

  This Article will discuss the importance of civil disobedience and potential human rights implications of the necessity defense where climate change activists are concerned.

• Introducing an Administratively Feasible Environmental Tax System in Ethiopia 

  Gebregiorgs, M. T. (University of Oregon School of Law, 2018-06-11)

  This Article examines the administrative feasibility of introducing an environmental tax system in the Addis Ababa City Administration (AAA) of Ethiopia.

• Climate Change and Oregon Law: What Is to Be Done? 

  Brickley, Alan K.; Schell, Steven R.; Sullivan, Edward J. (University of Oregon School of Law, 2018-06-11)

  This Article accepts the fact of climate change and attempts to set out some practical considerations and tools by which Oregon may respond to climate change.

• WANTED: The Great Lakes Water-Unsustainable Out-of-Basin Diversions and Canada’s Options 

  Brinda, Kayla (University of Oregon School of Law, 2018-06-11)

  This Article provides an overview of certain avenues through which Canada can prevent and stop current and future out-of-basin diversions approved by the Compact Council.

• New Jersey Municipal Land Use Law: Constitutional Origin, Judicial Parameters 

  Sedarat, Sophy (University of Oregon School of Law, 2018-06-11)

  This Article will examine Municipal Land Use Laws (MLUL) in the State of New Jersey by analyzing the boundaries and parameters the judiciary has set in its interpretation of the New Jersey MLUL. By way of said examination, ...

• Shorelands Protection in Oregon 

  Sullivan, Edward J. (University of Oregon School of Law, 2018-06-11)

  This Article will explore the unique legal and historical role of the Oregon coast in that state’s understanding of itself, especially in terms of public demand for beach access and environmental protection, culminating ...

• In Dubious Battle: The Human Cost of Wildland Firefighting 

  Burton, Lloyd (University of Oregon School of Law, 2018-06-11)

  The political and market forces driving residential development and wildfire management in the WUI are tragically misconceived. They are inflicting a deadly toll on both WUI residents and those who seek to protect them

• Like a Phoenix Rising from the Ashes: Melding Wildfire Law into a Comprehensive Statute 

  Kanner, Allan; Reilly, Caitrin (University of Oregon School of Law, 2018-06-11)

  Each year, thousands of acres of state and federal lands burn because of negligence by railroads, utility companies, logging companies, and others.When fire conditions are severe, state and federal lands can suffer ...

• Fighting Fire with Fire? Adjusting Regulatory Regimes and Forest Product Markets to Mitigate Southern United States Wildfire Risk 

  Hudson, Blake (University of Oregon School of Law, 2018-06-11)

  How can the South better manage its forests for wildfire prevention and mitigation during a time of climate change? This Article introduces some of the legal and political issues that make doing so a particular challenge ...

• Retreat Alternatives in NEPA: A Tool for the Perplexed 

  Colburn, Jamison E. (University of Oregon School of Law, 2018-06-11)

  Decades ago, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Department of Interior, and state and tribal officials began building massive budgets and interagency capacities to fight wildland fires. Coincident with that ...

• SYMPOSIUM : America on Fire :Trends in Wildfire Law, Science, and Policy on Public and Private Lands 

  Journal Staff (University of Oregon School of Law, 2018-06-11)

  On September 29, 2017, at the William W. Knight Law Center at the University of Oregon in Eugene, Oregon, the Journal of Environmental Law and Litigation (JELL) sponsored a symposium titled to further the dialogue between ...

• Narrative to Action in the Creation and Performance of Music with Data-driven Instruments 

  Wang, Chi (University of Oregon, 2018-06)

  This Digital Portfolio Dissertation centers on a collection of seven digital videos of performances of original electroacoustic compositions that feature data-driven instruments. The dissertation also includes a copy of ...

• Managing Naming Conflicts: Lessons from the Conflict Behind the Name “Derry-Londonderry” in Northern Ireland 

  Roner-Reiter, Catharine (University of Oregon School of Law, 2018-05-25)

  This Article aims to provide a framework for an alternative dispute resolution (ADR) solution to resolving naming conflicts by drawing on a case illustration of an ongoing naming conflict in Northern Ireland. Northern ...

• The South China Sea Arbitration Award and Its Widespread Implications 

  Hebert, Je’an-Luc (University of Oregon School of Law, 2018-05-25)

  This summary begins by discussing how, under UNCLOS, territorial sovereignty is established and what water rights attach to islands and coastal states in order to provide the reader with the background necessary to understand ...

• The Race to Renewables: A Comparative Study of the Energy Market in Germany and the United States 

  DeLuca, Angela (University of Oregon School of Law, 2018-05-25)

  This paper will analyze the German and the U.S. energy markets in an effort to understand the discrepancy in renewable energy development and the efficacy of each country’s chosen path.

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