

Reading list
Sax, Joseph. 1970. The Public Trust Doctrine in Natural Resource Law: Effective Judicial Intervention. Michigan Law Review 68: 471.
Cosens, B., R.K. Craig, S. Hirsch, C. A. Arnold, M. H. Benson, D. DeCaro, A. S. Garmestani, H. Gosnell, J. B. Ruhl, E. Schlager. 2016. The Role of Law in Adaptive Governance (in review). Special Issue of Ecology and Society on Practical Panarchy: Assessing Legal Flexibility, Ecological Resilience and Adaptive Governance in Regional Water Systems Experiencing Climate Change. Cosens, B., Gunderson, L., and Chaffin, B. editors.
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Barbara Cosens is a Professor with the University of Idaho College of Law and the Waters of the West Graduate Program which includes options for concurrent J.D./M.S. and J.D./Ph.D. degrees. She coordinates the Natural Resources and Environmental Law Program at UI and teaches in the area of water law. Barbara is a member of the Universities Consortium on Columbia River Governance and has worked with Nigel Bankes, University of Calgary Faculty of Law, on two projects funded by the Program on Water Issues at the Munk School of Global Affairs: one on mechanisms for flexibility and adaptability in international water agreements; and the other on U.S. and Canada domestic law in international law. She is co-chair of a project made possible through support from the NSF funded National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center, SESYNC: Adaptive Governance in Regional Water Systems to Manage Resilience in an era of Changing Climate.