Papers

SUSTAINABLE GOVERNANCE
The 5th Annual Colloquium on Environmental Law & Institutions

Regal University Hotel,
Durham, North Carolina
April 27- 28, 2000

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PAPERS

Session I. Sustainable Governance.
What roles do--and should--institutions play in environmental sustainability?

Jonathan Wiener, Duke Law & Nicholas School of the Environment, "From Sustainable Development to Sustainable Governance"

Christopher Schroeder, Duke Law & Terry Sanford Institute of Public Policy , "Third Way Environmentalism."

Session II. Global Governance.
How can global environmental institutions best achieve sustainable governance?

Catherine Admay, Duke Law, "Losing the Commons in the Name of Saving It"

Michael Byers, Duke Law, "Reciprocity and the Making of International Environmental Law"

Ronie Garcia-Johnson, Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, "Understanding Global Environmental Trade Associations as Environmental Institutions: The Implications for Sustainable Governance."

Luncheon Keynote Address: Richard N. Andrews, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill, “A History of Environmental Institutions”

Session III. Levels of Governance.
How does the level of institutional authority (e.g. local, state, federal, global) affect the sustainability of governance?

Robert Healy, Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, "Appropriate Levels of Government for Sustainable Land Use: Containing Urban Sprawl in the U.S."

Gerald Emison, EPA & Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, "The Application of Comparative Advantage: A Framework for Assessing Governments' Roles to Advance Sustainable Development"

Randall Kramer, Nicholas School of the Environment, Economics, Duke University, "The Role of the Private Sector in Protected Area Implementation and Management: A Conceptual Framework for Analyzing Effectiveness"

Dinner Keynote Address: Donald T. Hornstein, University of North Carolina — Chapel Hill, “The Nile and Beyond: Learning from Watershed Governance Systems”

Session IV. Governance and Civil Society.
How can government and civil society groups (business, environmental groups, communities, and the general public) develop institutions to achieve sustainable governance?

Lynn Maguire, Nicholas School of the Environment, and Allan Lind, Fuqua School of Business, Duke University, "Public Participation in Environmental Decisions: Stakeholders, Authorities and Procedural Justice"

Margaret McKean, Political Science, Duke University, "Community Governance of Common Property Resources"

Panagiotis Karamanos, Terry Sanford Institute of Public Policy, Duke University, "Corporate, Government, and Nonprofit Sector Incentives for Participation or Development of Voluntary Environmental Agreements"

Session V. Policy Paradigms for Sustainable Governance.
How should government make sustainable policy decisions?

Chris Schroeder, Duke Law & Terry Sanford Institute of Public Policy. "The Role of the Judiciary in Sustainable Governance"

Jonathan Wiener, Duke Law & Nicholas School of the Environment, "Prudent Precaution in a Multi-Risk World"

Session VI. Studying Sustainable Governance.
How should we design a research agenda for the future?

William Ascher, Terry Sanford Institute of Public Policy Duke University, "Applying Classic Organization Theory to Sustainable Resource & Environmental Management"

Paul Steinberg, Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, "The Measure of Success: Some Methodological Considerations for Research on InstitutionalPerformance"