On Environmental Issues - Annotated Bibliography Example

ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY Aiken, Katherine G.. "Not Long Ago a Smoking Chimney was a Sign of Prosperity:" Corporate and Community Response to Pollution at the Bunker Hill Smelter in Kellogg, Idaho. Environmental History Review. 1994. This article addresses concerns about superfunds and the potential liability attaching to them. It is well written and insightful. 2. Arrandale, Tom. "Lots of Trouble: Old industrial sites aren’t usually as contaminated as people think; but it’s what people think that matters," Governing, Vol. 10, pp. 20-24. 1997. When it comes to crime and public outrage an important factor is perception.

This thoughtful article examine the role perception plays in environmental crimes. 3. Barnett, Harold C. 1994. Toxic Debts and the Superfund Dilemma. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press. Who owes what when it comes to superfunds? Where does liability rest? At what stage do such situations become criminal? These are some important questions asked by this paper. 4. Blum, Andrew, "Bhopal: The Case That Just Wont Go Away," The National Law Journal, May 21, 1990. A look back at an important event that informs our current thinking about environmental crimes and corporate liability.

Required reading. 5. Clifford, Mary. (1998). Environmental Crime: Enforcement, Policy, and Social Responsibility. New York: Aspen. As a society what are we owed by those who look after or deal with contaminated waste? What policies should the government set? This important paper considers these issues in the context of environmental crimes. 6. Brickey, Kathleen F. "Environmental Crime at the Crossroads: The Intersection of Environmental and Criminal Law Theory." Available from http://law.wustl.

edu/Faculty A more theoretical paper that discusses where crime and pollution truly meet and what we can do about it. 7. Nanda, Ved P., "For Whom the Bell Tolls In the Aftermath of the Bhopal Tragedy: Reflections on Forum Non Conveniens and Alternative Methods of Resolving the Bhopal Dispute," The Denver Journal of International Law and Policy, Vol. 15 Winter‑Spring 1987. A reflection on the Bhopal tragedy and what it can mean for us today when we think about environmental liability and crimes. 8. Faure, Michael G.

and James Boyd. Deterrence, insurability, and compensation in environmental liability. Springer, 2003 One of the big drivers of environmental liability and crimes are insurance companies who have a lot to lose (and possibly gain). This book examines the situation in a considered manner. 9. LaGrega, Michael D.; Buckingham, Phillip L.; and Evans, Jeffrey C. (2001). Hazardous Waste Management, 2nd edition. New York: McGraw-Hill. An overview of the subject of managing waste and the liability that can attach. 10. Swartz, Robert D. 1994. "Michigan’s Approach to Urban Redevelopment Involving Contaminated Properties," Economic Development Quarterly, Vol. 8 No. 4, pp. 329-337. Another consideration of the consequence of the superfund program.