J. B. Ruhl

Publications

• Property Law for Positive Externalities: Carving New Sticks for the Bundle
  67 WM. & MARY L. REV. 803 (2026) · William & Mary Law Review · 2026
• Adapting Private Law for Climate Change Adaptation
  76 VAND. L. REV. 827 (2023) · Vanderbilt Law Review · 2023
• The Greens’ Dilemma: Building Tomorrow’s Climate Infrastructure Today
  73 EMORY L.J. (2023) · Emory Law Journal · 2023
• The End Externalities Manifesto: Restatement, Loose Ends, and Unfinished Business
  40 PACE ENVTL. L. REV. 510 (2023) · Pace Environmental Law Review · 2023
• No Net Loss? The Past, Present, and Future of Wetlands Mitigation Banking
  73 CASE W. RES. L. REV. 411 (2022) · Case Western Reserve Law Review · 2022
• 4°C
  106 MINN. L. REV. 191 (2021) · Minnesota Law Review · 2021
• Ecosystem Services and Federal Public Lands: A Quiet Revolution in Natural Resources Management
  91 U. COLO. L. REV. 677 (2020) · University of Colorado Law Review · 2020
• Beyond Green Infrastructure - Integrating the Ecosystem Services Framework into Urban Planning Law and Policy
  4 J. COMP. URB. L. & POL'Y 221 (2020) · Journal of Comparative Urban Law and Policy · 2020
• Designing Law to Enable Adaptive Governance of Modern Wicked Problems
  73 VAND. L. REV. 1687 (2020) · Vanderbilt Law Review · 2020
• Governing Cascade Failures in Complex Social-Ecological-Technological Systems: Framing Context, Strategies, and Challenges
  22 VAND. J. ENT. & TECH. L. 407 (2020) · Vanderbilt Journal of Entertainment & Technology Law · 2020
• The Roman Public Trust Doctrine: What Was It, and Does It Support an Atmospheric Trust?
  47 ECOLOGY L. Q. 117 (2020) · Ecology Law Quarterly · 2020
• Governing Wicked Problems
  73 VAND. L. REV. 1561 (2020) · Vanderbilt Law Review · 2020

• Three Questions for Agriculture About the Environment
  17 FLA. ST. U. J. LAND USE & ENVTL. L. (2018) · Florida State University Journal of Land Use and Environmental Law · 2018
• Equitable Apportionment of Ecosystem Services: New Water Law for a New Water Age
  19 FLA. ST. U. J. LAND USE & ENVTL. L. (2018) · Florida State University Journal of Land Use and Environmental Law · 2018
• Presidential Exit
  67 DUKE L.J. 1729 (2018) · Duke Law Journal · 2018
• In Appreciation of "The Tarlock Effect"
  93 CHI.-KENT. L. REV. 1001 (2018) · Chicago-Kent Law Review · 2018
• Regulating Business Innovation as Policy Disruption: From the Model T to Airbnb
  70 VAND. L. REV. 1561 (2017) · Vanderbilt Law Review · 2017
• The Production Function of the Regulatory State: How Much Do Agency Budgets Matter?
  102 MINN. L. REV. 695 (2017) · Minnesota Law Review · 2017
• Agencies Running from Agency Discretion
  58 WM. & MARY L. REV. 97 (2016) · William & Mary Law Review · 2016
• The Tale of the Fee Tail in Downtown Abbey
  68 VAND. L. REV. EN BANC (2015) · Vanderbilt Law Review En Banc · 2015
• Regulatory Exit
  68 VAND. L. REV. 1295 (2015) · Vanderbilt Law Review · 2015
• The Tale of the Fee Tail in Downtown Abbey
  68 VAND. L. REV. 131 (2015) · Vanderbilt Law Review · 2015
• Environmental Law in Austerity
  32 PACE ENVTL. L. REV. 481 (2015) · Pace Environmental Law Review · 2015
• In Defense of Ecosystem Services
  32 PACE ENVTL. L. REV. 306 (2015) · Pace Environmental Law Review · 2015
• Managing Systemic Risk in Legal Systems
  89 IND. L.J. (2014) · Indiana Law Journal · 2014
• The Permit Power Revisited: The Theory and Practice of Regulatory Permits in the Administrative State
  64 DUKE L.J. 133 (2014) · Duke Law Journal · 2014
• Harmonizing Distributed Energy and the Endangered Species Act
  4 SAN DIEGO J. CLIMATE & ENERGY L. 121 (2013) · San Diego Journal of Climate & Energy Law · 2013
• Climate Change Meets the Law of the Horse
  62 DUKE L.J. 975 (2013) · Duke Law Journal · 2013
• An Empirical Assessment of Climate Change In The Courts: A New Jurisprudence Or Business As Usual?
  64 FLA. L. REV. 15 (2012) · Florida Law Review · 2012
• Harmonizing Commercial Wind Power and the Endangered Species Act Through Administrative Reform
  65 VAND. L. REV. 1769 (2012) · Vanderbilt Law Review · 2012
• Symposium - Supply and Demand: Barriers to a New Energy Future
  65 VAND. L. REV. 1447 (2012) · Vanderbilt Law Review · 2012
• The Political Economy of Climate Change Winners
  97 MINN. L. REV. 206 (2012) · Minnesota Law Review · 2012
• General Design Principles for Resilience and Adaptive Capacity in Legal Systems - With Applications to Climate Change Adaptation
  89 N. C. L. REV. 1373 (2011) · North Carolina Law Review · 2011
• Gaming the Past: The Theory and Practice of Historic Baselines in the Administrative State
  64 VAND. L. REV. (2011) · Vanderbilt Law Review · 2011
• Ecosystem Services and Federal Public Lands: Start-up Policy Questions and Research Needs
  20 DUKE ENVTL. L. & POL'Y F. 275 (2010) · Duke Environmental Law & Policy Forum · 2010
• Climbing Mount Mitigation: A Proposal for Legislative Suspension of Climate Change "Mitigation Litigation"
  1 WASH. & LEE J. ENERGY CLIMATE & ENV'T 71 (2010) · Washington and Lee Journal of Energy, Climate, and the Environment · 2010
• Adaptive Management in the Courts
  95 MINN. L. REV. 424 (2010) · Minnesota Law Review · 2010
• Background Principles, Takings, and Libertarian Property: A Reply to Professor Huffman
  37 ECOLOGY L. Q. 805 (2010) · Ecology Law Quarterly · 2010
• Climate Change, Dead Zones, and Massive Problems in the Administrative State: A Guide for Whittling Away
  98 CAL. L. REV. 59 (2010) · California Law Review · 2010

• Keeping the Endangered Species Act Relevant
  19 DUKE ENVTL. L. & POL'Y F. 275 (2009) · Duke Environmental Law & Policy Forum · 2009
• Making Nuisance Ecological
  58 CASE W. RES. L. REV. 753 (2008) · Case Western Reserve Law Review · 2008
• Law's Complexity: A Primer
  24 GA. ST. U. L. REV. (2008) · Georgia State University Law Review · 2008
• Law for Sustainable Development: Work Continues on the Rubik's Cube
  44 TULSA L. REV. (2008) · Tulsa Law Review · 2008
• The Pardy-Ruhl Dialogue on Ecosystem Management, Part IV: Narrowing and Sharpening the Questions
  24 PACE ENVTL. L. REV. 25 (2007) · Pace Environmental Law Review · 2007
• Ecosystem Services and the Public Trust Doctrine: Working Change from Within
  15 SOUTHEASTERN ENVTL. L.J. (2006) · Southeastern Environmental Law Journal · 2006
• In Defense of Regulatory Peer Review
  84 WASH. U. L. REV. (2006) · Washington University Law Review · 2006
• Default Rule Opt-Outs and Interest Group Shut-Outs: Citizen Participation and Contractarian Innovation in Environmental Law
  33 FLA. ST. U. L. REV. (2006) · Florida State University Law Review · 2006
• Regulation by Adaptive Management—Is It Possible?
  7 MINN. J. L. SCI. & TECH. 21 (2005) · Minnesota Journal of Law, Science & Technology · 2005
• Endangered Species Act Innovations in the Post-Babbittonian Era—Are There Any?
  14 DUKE ENVTL. L. & POL'Y F. 419 (2004) · Duke Environmental Law & Policy Forum · 2004
• The Myth of What Is Inevitable under Ecosystem Management: A Response to Pardy
  21 PACE ENVTL. L. REV. 315 (2004) · Pace Environmental Law Review · 2004
• Past, Present, and Future Trends of the Endangered Species Act
  25 PUB. LAND & RESOURCES L. REV. (2004) · Public Land & Resources Law Review · 2004
• Prescribing the Right Dose of Peer Review for the Endangered Species Act
  83 NEB. L. REV. (2004) · Nebraska Law Review · 2004
• Is the Endangered Species Act Eco-Pragmatic?
  87 MINN. L. REV. 885 (2003) · Minnesota Law Review · 2003
• Regulatory Traffic Jams
  2 WYO. L. REV 235 (2002) · Wyoming Law Review · 2002
• Farmland Stewardship: Can Ecosystems Stand Any More of It?
  9 WASH. U. J. L. & POL'Y 1 (2002) · Washington University Journal of Law & Policy · 2002
• The Coevolution of Administrative Law with Everything Else
  28 FLA. ST. U. L. REV. (2000) · Florida State University Law Review · 2000
• Farms, Their Environmental Harms, and Environmental Law
  27 ECOLOGY L. Q. 263 (2000) · Ecology Law Quarterly · 2000

• The Co-Evolution of Sustainable Development and Environmental Justice: Cooperation, Then Competition, Then Conflict
  9 DUKE ENVTL. L. & POL'Y F. 161 (1999) · Duke Environmental Law & Policy Forum · 1999
• Metrics of Constitutional Amendments: And Why Proposed Environmental Quality Amendments Don't Measure Up
  74 NOTRE DAME L. REV. 245 (1999) · Notre Dame Law Review · 1999
• Endangered Species Act and Private Property: A Matter of Timing and Location
  8 CORNELL J. L. & PUB. POL'Y 37 (1998) · Cornell Journal of Law and Public Policy · 1998
• The Seven Degrees of Relevance: Why Should Real-World Environmental Attorneys Care Now About Sustainable Development Policy?
  8 DUKE ENVTL. L. & POL'Y F. 273 (1998) · Duke Environmental Law & Policy Forum · 1998
• Thinking of Mediation As a Complex Adaptive System
  1997 BYU L. REV. 777 (1997) · BYU Law Review · 1997
• Complexity Theory As a Paradigm for the Dynamical Law-and-Society System: A Wake-Up Call for Legal Reductionism and the Modern Administrative State
  45 DUKE L.J. 849 (1996) · Duke Law Journal · 1996
• The Fitness of Law: Using Complexity Theory to Describe the Evolution of Law and Society and Its Practical Meaning for Democracy
  49 VAND. L. REV. 1406 (1996) · Vanderbilt Law Review · 1996
• Biodiversity Conservation and the Ever-Expanding Web of Federal Laws Regulating Nonfederal Lands: Time for Something Completely Differenct?
  66 U. COLO. L. REV. 555 (1995) · University of Colorado Law Review · 1995
• Regional Habitat Conservation Planning under the Endangered Species Act: Pushing the Legal and Practical Limits of Species Protection
  44 SMU L. REV. 1393 (1991) · SMU Law Review · 1991
• The Plight of the Passive Past Owner: Defining the Limits of Superfund Liability
  45 SMU L. REV. 1129 (1991) · SMU Law Review · 1991

• Interstate Pollution Control and Resource Development Planning: Outmoded Approaches or Outmoded Politics
  28 NAT. RESOURCES J. 293 (1988) · Natural Resources Journal · 1988