Co-Editor-in-Chief
| Melissa Blue Sky, American University Washington College of Law |
| Paulo Lopes, American University Washington College of Law |
Sustainable Development Law & Policy journal is a student-run initiative at American University Washington College of Law that focuses on reconciling the tensions between environmental sustainability, economic development, and human welfare. The SDLP journal embraces an interdisciplinary approach to provide a fuller view of current legal, political, and social developments. Our mission is to serve as a valuable resource for practitioners, policy makers, and concerned citizens promoting sustainable development throughout the world.
Current Issue: Volume 12, Issue 1
Fall 2011: Natural Resource Conflicts
Entire Issue
Volume 12 Issue 1
Sustainable Development Law & Policy
Editor's Note
Editors’ Note
Braunson Virjee and Chelsea Tu
About SDLP
About SDLP
Sustainable Development Law & Policy
Articles
Introductory Comments:
The Pervasive, Persistent, and Profound Links Between
Conflict and the Environment
Carroll Muffett and Carl Bruch
Natural Resources Conflict in the Democratic
Republic of the Congo:
A Question of Governance?
Clementine Burnley
Bankrupting Peace Spoilers:
What Role for UN Peacekeepers?
Philippe Le Billon
High-value Natural Resources:
A Blessing or a Curse for Peace?
Päivi Lujala and Siri Aas Rustad
Liquid Challenges:
Contested Water in Central Asia
Christine Bichsel
Natural Resource “Conflicts” in the U.S.
Southwest: A Story of Hype over Substance
Laura Peterson, Jay C. Lininger, Marty Bergoffen, Bill Snape, and Curt Bradley
Cuban Offshore Drilling: Preparation
and Prevention within the Framework
of the United States’ Embargo
Richard Sadowski
Threats to a Sustainable Future:
Water Accumulation and Conflict in Latin America
Rutgerd Boelens, Mourik Bueno de Mesquita, Antonio r Gaybo, and Francisco Peña
Collaboration and the Ecology
of Democracy
Daniel Kemmis and Matthew McKinney
Features
Water Crisis in the Murray-Darling Basin:
Australia Attempts to Balance Agricultural
Need with Environmental Reality
Joshua Axelrod
The Real Cost of China’s Rare Earth Export
Quotas on American Job Security
Katherine Weatherford
