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Two types of public infrastructure---roads and property rights---are often thought critical to economic development; this Article compares their impacts on the natural environment.

This Article applies an information-cost theory of property to water law. Because of its fluidity, exclusion is difficult in the case of water and gives way to rule of proper…

During 2002--2004 a voluntary, profit sharing harvesters’ co-operative was allowed to operate in the Chignik Salmon fishery in Alaska. Regulators split the fishery’s total allowable catch between the co-op and…

This Article argues that fisheries policymakers currently face a multifaceted challenge. Wild fish stocks are declining, aquaculture is growing, and there are many possible policy responses to these developments. Drawing…

There has been extensive debate over whether private-sector bioprospecting for pharmaceutical compounds creates significant incentives for biodiversity conservation. We offer a case study of the discovery and commercial development of…

This Article addresses the evolution of the U.S. judge-made rules of secondary liability for copyright infringement, and the possible emergence of an obligation of good faith efforts to avoid infringement.…