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Faculty at the Elisabeth Haub School of Law at 鶹ý have a significant history of work in Brazil and are committed to Brazil's future. BAILE faculty regularly speak at and attend Brazilian conferences, lecturing on both environmental and international law issues.

Professor David Cassuto leads a discussion on "The Amazonian Crisis and the Rule of Law in Brazil" Professor Paulo de Bessa Antunes, recipient of the 2022 Elisabeth Haub Award for Environmental Law and Diplomacy

Publications

  • Threats to the Brazilian Environment and Environmental Policy Workshop Report (PDF), David Cassuto, Romulo Sampaio, Inga Caldwell, Maria Antonia Tigre 2019
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  • , David Cassuto and Romulo Sampaio, 2013
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  • , Rômulo S.R. Sampaio, Water International (special issue on transboundary aquifers), 2011
  • , David Cassuto and Romulo Sampaio, 2011
  • , Alexandra Dapolito Dunn and Erin Derrington, 2010
  • Leadership Challenges: Biofuels and the 2009 Brazilian National Climate Change Policy Act, Romulo Sampaio, Renewable Energy Law & Policy Review, February, 2010
  • Regulating Climate Change Risk at the Local Level: Greenprint or Greenwash? The Denver Experience, Romulo Sampaio, Missouri Environmental Law and Policy Review, Volume 17, Number 2, 2010
  • Legal Aspect of Market Mechanisms as Instruments of Environmental Policies, Romulo Sampaio, Socioenvironmental Law Book, vol. 2, honoring Vladimir Passosde Freitas. Org.: Alessandra Galli. Editora Juruá, August, 2010

Conferences and Lectures

Professor David Cassuto

  • 鶹ýJuggling Water: Transboundary Issues Facing the Guarani Aquifer鶹ý 鶹ý UNESCO Conference on Tranboundary Aquifers: Challenges & New Directions, Paris, France, December 2010
  • 鶹ýAnimal Law in Brazil & China鶹ý - Address to Animal Grantmakers Conference, Baton Rouge, LA, November 2010
  • 鶹ýWater Law in the United States & Brazil: Two Approaches to Emerging Water Poverty in an Age of Climate Change鶹ý - Address to University of Illinois, Center for Latin-American Studies, Urbana, IL, October 2010
  • 鶹ýThe Impacts of Industrial Agriculture on Climate Change鶹ý 鶹ý Keynote Speech,IESB University, Brasilia, Brazil, September 2010; Keynote Speech, Institute for Applied Economic Research (IPEA) (federal public foundation linked to the Strategic Affairs Secretariat of the Presidency of Brazil), Brasilia, Brazil, September 2010; Keynote Speech, Federal University of Parana, Curitiba, Brazil, August 2010; Keynote Speech, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS) Law School, Porto Alegre, Brazil, August 2010
  • 鶹ýNEPA after Winters 鶹ý A Look at the Landscape鶹ý 鶹ý Federal University of Bahia, Salvador, Brazil, June 2010
  • 鶹ýStanding and the Civil Action鶹ý 鶹ý Federal University of Bahia, Salvador, Brazil, June 2010
  • 鶹ýWater Law and Climate Change in the United States鶹ý 鶹ý Address to the Rio de Janeiro State Office of the Attorney General, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, May 2010
  • 鶹ýThe Anti-Law of Industrial Agriculture鶹ý 鶹ý Lawyers for a Green Planet Conference, São Paulo, Brazil, May 2010
  • 鶹ýHard & Soft Uncertainty and Environmental Permitting 鶹ýA Look at Risk Management in the U.S. & Brazil鶹ý 鶹ý Federal University of Pará, Belem, Brazil, April 2010
  • 鶹ýThe Socratic Method 鶹ý The Why and How鶹ý 鶹ý Getulio Vargas Foundation School of Law, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, March 2010
  • 鶹ýIndustrial Agriculture, Biofuels and Climate Change鶹ý 鶹ý International Seminar on Biofuels, Biodiversity & Climate Change, Universdidade Católico de Santos, Santos, Brazil, March 2010

Professor Romulo Silveira da Rocha Sampaio

  • 鶹ýProposed changes in the Brazilian Forest Code鶹ý, Seminar of the State BAR Association of Santa Catarina, Florianópolis-SC, April 14, 2011
  • 鶹ýEnvironmental Permitting鶹ý, Environmental Law Forum of the Pontal do Paranapanema 鶹ý Public Policies and Environmental Management, Presidente Prudente-SP, September 16, 2010
  • 鶹ýEnvironmental Offsets:Progresses, Challenges, and Implementation Obstacles鶹ý, Environmental Law Seminar of the State BAR Association of Rio de Janeiro鶹ý Law of the Protected Areas 鶹ý 10th Anniversary of the SNUC Law (National System of Conservation Units), Rio de Janeiro - RJ, August 20, 2010
  • 鶹ýBiofuels and Climate Change Risk Regulation鶹ý, the 15 Conference on Brazilian Environmental Law鶹ý Forests, Climate Change and Environmental Services, the Law For A Green Planet Institute, Sao Paulo-SP, Brazil, on May 26, 2010.

Research and Teaching Activity

Professor David Cassuto

  • Williams College (2011鶹ýpresent)
    • Class of 1946 Distinguished Visiting Professor of Environmental Studies
  • Getulio Vargas Foundation School of Law, Rio de Janeiro Brazil
    • Research Fellow & Visiting Professor (Spring 2018)
    • Fulbright Fellow & Visiting Professor (Spring 2010)
  • Federal University of Bahia, Salvador, Brazil (2010鶹ýpresent)
    • Profesor Colaborador (2017鶹ýpresent)
    • Visiting Professor of Law (2010鶹ý2016)
  • Fordham University School of Law (2009鶹ý2016)
    • Adjunct Professor of Law
  • Getulio Vargas Foundation School of Law, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
    • Fulbright Scholar and Visiting Professor of Law (Spring 2010)
    • Advisor, Environmental Law Program (PDMA) (Fall 2010鶹ý2014)
    • Fellow & Visiting Professor (Spring 2018鶹ýpresent)
  • Universitatat Autònoma de Barcelona (2015鶹ýpresent)
    • Visiting Professor of Law
  • Universidade de Caxias do Sul (2017鶹ýpresent)
    • Visiting Professor of Law

Professor Romulo Silveira da Rocha Sampaio

  • Tulane University (2011)
    • Visiting Professor of Law
  • Instituto Brasileiro de Administração do Sistema Judiciário -IBRAJUS
    • Member of the Mata Atlântica Biosphere Reserve Committee of the State of Rio de Janeiro
    • Member of the Specialist Group on Energy and Climate Change of the Commission on Environmental Law of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN)
    • Director of International Relations of the Brazilian Institute for the Management of the Judiciary System