The University of St. Thomas

School of Law

University of St. Thomas
Law Journal
Fides et Iustitia
Fall 2007 Volume 5 Number 1  
 Peace With Creation: Catholic Perspectives on Environmental Law 


Keynote Addresses

Archbishop Harry J. Flynn

Senator Amy Klobuchar


Articles

Panel: Stewardship and Environmental Law

Natural Law and Ecological Responsibility
William C. French

The Moral Significance of Creation in the Franciscan Theological Tradition: Implications for Contemporary Catholics
Keith Douglass Warner, O.F.M.

The Evangelical Debate Over Climate Change
John Copeland Nagle


Panel: The Preferential Option the Poor

The "Preferential Option for the Poor": An Opportunity and a Challenge for Environmental Decision-Making
Louis A. Silecchia

The Poor of the Planet and the Planet of the Poor: Ecological Ethics and Economic Liberation
John Hart

The Necessity of Economics: The Preferential Option for the Poor, Markets, and Environmental Law
Andrew P. Morriss


Panel: Subsidiarity and Environmental Law

Challenges to Using the Principle of Subsidiarity for Environmental Policy
Gregory R. Beabout

Solidarity and Subsidiarity in a Changing Climate: Green Building as Legal and Moral Obligations
Jamison E. Colburn

Subsidiarity and Solidarity: Lenses for Assessing the Appropriate Locus for Environmental Regulation and Enforcement
Jerome M. Organ

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Environmental Racism and Black Theology: James M. Cone Instructs Us on Whiteness
Marguerite M. Spencer


Comments

"Minnesota Nice": A Comparative Analysis of Minnesota's Treatment of Adoption by Gay Couples
Christian Eichenlaub

Collateral Effects of Arrests in Minnesota
Shawn D. Stuckey

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