Publications by Professor Schoenbrod
Professor David Schoenbrod
Publications
BOOKS
Saving Our Environment from Washington: How Congress Grabs Power, Shirks Responsibility, and Shortchanges the People (Yale University Press, April 2005).
Democracy
by Decree: What Happens When Courts Run Government
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Power Without Responsibility: How Congress Abuses the People Through Delegation (Yale University Press, 1993).
Remedies: Public & Private (West Publishing Co., 1st ed. 1990, 2nd ed. 1996, 3rd ed. 2002, 4th ed. forthcoming) (with Angus Macbeth, David Levine, David Jung).
A New Direction in Transit (New York City Department of Planning, 1978) (with Richard Chudd and Ross Sandler).
Electricity and the Environment: A Report of the Special Committee on Electric Power and the Environment, Association of the Bar of the City of New York (West Publishing Co., 1972) (with multiple authors) .
CHAPTERS IN BOOKS
“Protecting the Environment in the Spirit of the Common Law,” in The Common Law and the Environment: Rethinking the Statutory Basis for Modern Environmental Law, edited by Roger E. Meiners and Andrew P. Morriss, eds.) (Roman & Littlefield, 1999)
“Why States, Not EPA, Should Set Pollution Standards,” in Environmental Federalism (Terry L. Anderson and Peter J. Hill, eds.) (Rowman & Littlefield, 1997)
“Why Regulation of Lead has Failed,” in Low Level Lead Exposure: The Clinical Implications of Current Research (Needleman ed.) (Raven Press, 1980)
LAW REVIEW AND OTHER SCHOLARLY PUBLICATIONS
"The EPA’s Faustian Bargain," 29(3) Regulation 36-42 (2006).
"The Supreme Court, Democracy and Institutional Reform Litigation," 49 New York Law School Law Review 915-942 (2004-2005) (with R. Sandler).
"What
Happened to the Skeptical Environmentalist." (Special Issue:
Reflecting on the Legal Issues of Our Times.
"Politics and the Principle that Elected Legislators Should Make the Laws." 26 Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy 239-280 (2003).
“246 Glorious Cheeses or the Impact of Environmental Regulation on Small and Emerging Business.” 5 Journal of Small & Emerging Business Law 91-111 (2001).
“The Reaffirmation of Proportionality Analysis Under Section 5 of the Fourteenth Amendment (Symposium: State and Federal Religious Liberty Legislation: Is It Necessary? Is It Constitutional? Is It Good Policy?).” 21 Cardozo Law Review 469-492 (1999) (with Marci Hamilton).
“Delegation and Democracy: A Reply to My Critics (Symposium: The Phoenix Rises Again: The Nondelegation Doctrine from Constitutional and Policy Perspectives).” 20 Cardozo Law Review 731-766 (1999).
“Remarks to the Board of Trustees of the Natural Resources Defense Council (Symposium: The Phoenix Rises Again: The Nondelegation Doctrine from Constitutional and Policy Perspectives).” 20 Cardozo Law Review 767-773 (1999).
“Putting the ‘Law’” Back into Environmental Law.” 22(1) Regulation 17- 23 (1999).
“Why States, Not EPA, Should Set Pollution Standards.” 19(4) Regulation 18-25 (1996).
“Overbroad Civil Forfeiture Statutes Are Unconstitutionally Vague (Symposium: What Price Civil Forfeiture? Constitutional Implications and Reform Initiatives).” 39 New York Law School Law Review 285-310 (1994) (with D. Duseau).
“Presidential Lawmaking Powers: Vetoes, Line Item Vetoes, Signing Statements, Executive Orders and Delegations of Rulemaking.” 68 Washington University Law Quarterly 533-560 (1990).
“Environmental Law and Growing Up (Environmental Law Symposium).” 6 Yale Journal on Regulation 357-368 (1989).
“How the Reagan Administration Trivialized Separation of Powers (and Shot Itself in the Foot) (Symposium: Separation of Powers and the Executive Branch: The Reagan Era in Retrospect).” 57 George Washington Law Review 459-473 (1989).
“The Measure of an Injunction: A Principle to Replace Balancing the Equities and Tailoring the Remedy.” 72 Minnesota Law Review 627-695 (1988).
“Separation of Powers and the Powers That Be: The Constitutional Purposes of the Delegation Doctrine (Symposium: Administrative Law ‘The Uneasy Constitutional Status of the Administrative Agencies’).” 36 American University Law Review 355-389 (1987).
“The Delegation Doctrine: Could the Court Give it Substance?” 83 Michigan Law Review 1223-1290 (1985).
“Limits and Dangers of Environmental Mediation: A Review Essay.” 58 New York University Law Review 1453-1476 (1983). Reprinted in 16 Land Use and Environment Law Review 351-374 (1985).
“Goals Statutes or Rules Statutes: The Case of the Clean Air Act.” 30 UCLA Law Review 740-828 (1983). Reprinted in 15 Land Use and Environment Law Review 359-447 (1984).
“Making Decisions About Transit.” 7 (3) New York Affairs 5 (1982).
“Electricity or the Environment: A Study of Public Regulation without Public Control.” 61 California Law Review 961-1010 (1973) (with C.P. Case). Reprinted in Environmental Law Review 99-148 (1974).
Note, "Large Lot Zoning." 78 Yale Law Journal 1418-1441 (1969).
Note, “Jurisdictional Fetter on the FTC.” 76 Yale Law Journal 1688-1700 (1967).
CONFERENCE MATERIALS, MONOGRAPHS AND REPORTS
“Time for the Federal Environmental Aristocracy to Give Up Power (Policy Study Number 144).” Center for the Study of American Business, 1998.
“Subway Scofflaws: A Proposal to Improve Enforcement Against Farebeating and Other Minor Offenses.” Natural Resources Defense Council, 1983 (with R. Sandler).
“The Hudson River Power Plant Settlement: Materials Prepared for a Conference Sponsored by New York University School of Law and the Natural Resources Defense Council.” New York University School of Law, 1981 (ed. with R. Sandler).
“Recommendations Toward a Sound Lead Criteria Document.” Natural Resources Defense Council, 1977 (with T. Henderson & L. Slesin).
“Reducing Crime in the New York City Subway System: Nine Recommendations.” Natural Resources Defense Council, 1977 (with R. Sandler, E.A. Goldstein, S. Jurow & F. Harris).
“Electricity and the Environment: The Reform of Legal Institutions. A Report of the Special Committee on Electric Power and the Environment.” Association of the Bar of the City of New York, 1972 (with others).
NEWSPAPER ARTICLES, PRACTICE MATERIALS, AND OTHER PUBLICATIONS
"Toxic Regulation," 16 City Journal 74-81 (2006).
"Appellate Div. Sends Message to Court of Appeals in CFE Case," 12 CityLaw 49-52 (May-June 2006) (with R. Sandler).
“The Lawsuit that Sank New Orleans,” The Wall Street Journal (Op Ed) September 23, 2005 at A18.
Book Review of Jasmine Farrier’s “Passing the Buck: Congress, the Budget, and Deficits” 120 Political Science Quarterly (Fall 2005).
"CFE Ruling Does Not Bind Legislature, Policy Briefing No. 2, Empire Center for New York State Policy," Manhattan Institute for Policy Research (Aug 2005).
"DeGrasse’s New Clothes," New York Post (Op Ed), April 25, 2005, at 28 (with R.Sandler).
"Governance by Lawyers." National Law
Journal at A12 (
N.Y. Unbound, New York Post (Op Ed), March 15, 2003 (with R.Sandler).
New York in Handcuffs, New York Post (Op Ed), June 15, 2003 (with R.Sandler).
Schools in Handcuffs: How Courts (Mis)rule N.Y.C., New York Post (Op Ed), March 14, 2003 (with R.Sandler).
Some Thoughts on Reparations, 7 The BLSA News Journal 4 (February/March, 2003).
Essay in Eight Blocks Away: Memoirs of September 11, 2001 at 78-79 (New York Law School, 2002).
"Fishing for Cancer." 114(4) Commentary 44-48 (November 2002).
"The Maumauing of Bjorn Lomborg," Commentary 51 (September 2002).
“Smoke Signals: The Supreme Court Struck the Proper Balance by Upholding Congress’ Right to Legislate While Reaffirming Its Duty Not to Delegate.” Legal Times (Points of View), March 19, 2001, at 70 (with M. Hamilton).
“Victory in Disguise: Industry Wins One in the Form of Supreme Court Ruling for Non-Delegation Rule.” Fulton County Daily Report, at 9 (March 26, 2001) (with M. Hamilton).
“After the Court’s Ruling – What’s Next for Schools.” 7 CityLaw 1, 2-4 (January/February 2001) (with R. Sandler).
“An Elegant but Incomplete Analysis of Delegation.” Book Review of Delegating Powers: A Transaction Cost Politics Approach to Policy Making Under Separate Powers, by Epstein and O’Halloran. 22(4) Regulation 64-67 (1999).
“By What Right Do Judges Run Prisons?” Wall Street Journal (Rule of Law), at A19 (August 31, 1998) (with R. Sandler).
“Clean Air, Congress and the Constitution: Why Delegation Ruling Was Correct.” On Point, No. 38, May 26, 1999 (Competitive Enterprise Institute).
“Environmental Controls Should Be Turned Over to the States.” USA Today Magazine, May 1999, at 74.
“Innovative Agreement Ends Marisol Litigation.” 5 CityLaw 1, 3-5 (January/February 1999) (with R. Sandler).
“The Yellow Brick Beltway.” Wall Street Journal, at A10 (November 27, 1998).
“Brief Amicus Curiae for Appellees, Clinton v. City of New York.” U.S., 1998 (No. 97-1374) (with M.A. Hamilton).
“Congress Passes the Buck–Your Tax Buck.” Wall Street Journal (Editorial), at A10 (June 12, 1998) (with M.A. Hamilton).
“The Common Law Approach to Pollution Prevent.” A Roundtable Discussion, Center for Private Conservation, March, 1998.
“Time for the Federal Environmental Aristocracy to Give Up Power.” Center for the Study of American Business (Washington University, Policy Study No. 144, February, 1998)
“In New York City, The Jails Still Belong to the Judges.” Wall Street Journal (Rule of Law), at A23 (September 10, 1997) (with R. Sandler).
“Brief Amicus Curiae for Appellees, Raines v. Byrd.” U.S., 1997 (No. 96-1671) (with M.A. Hamilton).
“The Constitution and the Line-Item Veto.” Wall Street Journal (Rule of Law), May 21, 1997, at A15 (with M.A. Hamilton).
“The State Regulators Have Had Enough of the EPA.” Wall Street Journal, at A22 (May 8, 1997).
“The Delegation of Legislative Powers.” Cato Handbook for Congress: 105th Congress (1997)
“How To Put Lawmakers, Not Courts, Back in Charge.” 6 City Journal 61-67 (Autumn 1996) (with R. Sandler).
“Putting the Classroom into Practice and Practice into the Classroom.” 14 In Brief 12 (Spring 1996).
“Soundings: ‘Prison Break.’” 6 City Journal 13 (Summer 1996) (with R. Sandler).
“It’s Time Congress Took Back Its Power to Make Laws.” Wall Street Journal (Rule of Law), at A21 (December 6, 1995).
“Slaving Away, Pro Bono: Why Should Law Students Do the Bar’s Labor?” Legal Times (Opinion and Commentary), August 21, 1995, at 24 (with A. Seward); also printed as “Don’t Turn Law Students Into Pro Bono Slaves,” New Jersey Law Journal (Op-ed), August 28, 1995, at 25; “Making Work For Someone Else,” The Recorder (Commentary), September 1, 1995, at 6; “Public Service: Forced Pro Bono Misses the Mark,” Texas Lawyer, August 28, 1995, at 28; “Pushing Law Students to do Pro Bono,” Connecticut Law Tribune (Perspectives), August 28, 1995, at 30.
“On Environmental Law, Congress Keeps Passing the Buck.” Wall Street Journal (Rule of Law), at A13 (March 29, 1995).
“Environmental ‘Injustice’ is About Politics, Not Racism.” Wall Street Journal (Rule of Law), at A21 (February 23, 1994).
“Clinton and the Politics of Pork.” Legal Times (Opinion and Commentary), at 24 (January 24, 1994).
“Government by Decree.” 4 City Journal 54-62 (Summer 1994) (with R. Sandler).
“Subway Scofflaws: A Proposal to Improve Enforcement.” 8(3) New York Affairs 61 (1984) (with S. Reiss & R. Sandler).
“Take Subway Scofflaws Out of the Criminal Courts.” Empire State Report, at 45 (March 1984) (with S. Reiss & R. Sandler).
“Congress Must Spell out Where the Burden of Clean Air Falls.” Wall Street Journal (Editorial), at 22 (July 5, 1983).
The Hudson River Power Plant Settlement, (New York University School of Law and the Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. 1981) (edited with Ross Sandler)
“Subways: Cash & Carey.” New York Times (Op Ed), at 15 (July 30, 1979) (with R. Sandler).
“Tunnel Vision Too.” New York Times (Op Ed), at 18 (April 14, 1978) (with R. Sandler).
“New York as a Cough-In.” New York Times (Op Ed), at 33 (August 28, 1975) (with R. Sandler).
“Statement of David Schoenbrod, Joined by F.A.O. Schwartz, Jr. and Jean Silver, with Concurrence of Fritz Alexander, II.” Decentralizing City Government, Walter Farr et al., (Praeger l972)
Comment, “U.S. Steel Imports.” 56 American Economic Review 156 (1966).
