Erin M. Ryan

Publications

• The Four Horseman of the New Separation of Powers: The Environmental Law Implications of West Virginia, Sackett, Loper Bright, and Corner Post
  Minnesota Law Review Vols. 106:2 onward (2021-present) · 2025
• <i>Sackett v. EPA</i> and the Regulatory, Property, and Human Rights-Based Strategies for Protecting American Waterways
  74 CASE W. RES. L. REV. 281 (2023) · Case Western Reserve Law Review · 2023
• How the Successes and Failures of the Clean Water Act Fueled the Rise of the Public Trust Doctrine and the Rights of Nature Movement
  73 CASE W. RES. L. REV. 475 (2022) · Case Western Reserve Law Review · 2022
• Environmental Rights for the 21st Century: A Comprehensive Analysis of the Public Trust Doctrine and Rights of Nature Movement
  42 CARDOZO L. REV. 2447 (2021) · Cardozo Law Review · 2021

• Response to Heather Gerken’s Federalism and Nationalism: Time for a Détente?
  59 ST. LOUIS U. L.J. (2015) · Saint Louis University Law Journal · 2015
• The Spending Power and Environmental Law After Sebelius
  85 U. COLO. L. REV. 1003 (2014) · University of Colorado Law Review · 2014
• The Elaborate Paper Tiger: Environmental Enforcement and the Rule of Law in China
  24 DUKE ENVTL. L. & POL'Y F. 183 (2013) · Duke Environmental Law & Policy Forum · 2013
• When Socrates Meets Confucius: Teaching Creative and Critical Thinking Across Cultures Through Multilevel Socratic Method
  92 NEB. L. REV. (2013) · Nebraska Law Review · 2013
• Federalism at the Cathedral: Property Rules, Liability Rules, and Inalienability Rules in Tenth Amendment Infrastructure
  81 U. COLO. L. REV. 1 (2010) · University of Colorado Law Review · 2010

• Federalism and the Tug of War Within: Seeking Checks and Balance in the Interjurisdictional Gray Area
  66 MD. L. REV. 503 (2007) · Maryland Law Review · 2007
• Palazzolo, The Public Trust, and the Property Owner's Reasonable Expectations: Takings and the South Carolina Marsh Island Bridge Debate
  15 SOUTHEASTERN ENVTL. L.J. (2006) · Southeastern Environmental Law Journal · 2006

• Crumbling Wall between Church and State: Attorney General Supervision of Religious Corporations in California
  9 UC L. CONST. Q. 691 (1982) · UC Law Constitutional Quarterly · 1982