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Stephen Clarkson and Stepan Wood, Governing Beyond Borders: Law for Canadians in an Era of Globalization (Vancouver: UBC Press, forthcoming 2009)Stepan Wood, Benjamin J. Richardson, Heather McLeod-Kilmurray and Yves Le Bouthillier, eds., Climate Law for Developing Countries Post-2012: North and South Perspectives (Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar, forthcoming 2009)Table of Contents (PDF)Richardson, Benjamin J. and Stepan Wood, eds., Environmental Law for Sustainability (Oxford: Hart, 2006)

Books

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Publisher's Site (HTML)Stepan Wood, ed. (2008) Osgoode Hall Law Journal Volume 46(2), 50th Anniversary Special Issue on Environmental Law (guest editor)

Journal Issues

Publisher's Site (HTML)Stepan Wood, “Common Law Liability Relief” in Michael B. Gerrard, ed., Brownfields Law and Practice (Newark, NJ: Matthew Bender, 2008) ch. 5AFull Text (PDF)Stepan Wood, “Civil Liability Relief for Brownfields Redevelopers” in Stanley Berger and Dianne Saxe, eds., Environmental Law: The Year in Review 2006 (Aurora: Canada Law Book, 2007) 127-143Publisher's Site (HTML)Stephen Clarkson and Stepan Wood, “Le dilemme démocratique et la constitution externelle du Canada,” in Oonagh Fitzgerald, ed., Règles de droit et mondialisation: rapports entre le droit international et le droit interne (Montreal: Yvon Blais, 2007) 121-158 (with Stephen Clakson)Full Text (PDF)Stephen Clarkson and Stepan Wood, “Canada’s External Constitution and its Democratic Deficit,” in Oonagh Fitzgerald, ed., The Globalized Rule of Law (Toronto: Irwin Law, 2006) 97-124Publisher's Site (HTML)Stepan Wood, “Voluntary Environmental Codes and Sustainability” in Benjamin J. Richardson & Stepan Wood, eds., Environmental Law for Sustainability (Oxford: Hart, 2006) 229-276Full Text (PDF)

Publisher's Site (HTML)Benjamin J. Richardson and Stepan Wood, “Environmental Law for Sustainability” in Benjamin J. Richardson & Stepan Wood, eds., Environmental Law for Sustainability (Oxford: Hart, 2006) 1-18Publisher's Site (HTML)Jaye Ellis and Stepan Wood, “International Environmental Law” in Benjamin J. Richardson & Stepan Wood, eds., Environmental Law for Sustainability (Oxford: Hart, 2006) 343-380Full Text (PDF)

Publisher's Site (HTML)Stepan Wood, “Three Questions About Corporate Codes: Problematizations, Authorizations and the Public/Private Divide,” in Wesley Cragg, ed., Ethics Codes, Corporations and the Challenge of Globalization (Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar, 2005) 245-288Full Text (PDF)Stepan Wood, “The Role of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) in Governing Environmental Conflict and Corporate Social Responsibility in Developing Countries: Questions for Research” in Beatriz Londoño Toro, ed., Propriedad, Conflicto y Medio Ambiente (Bogotá: Universidad del Rosario, 2004) 15-56Full Text (PDF)

Publisher's Site (HTML)Stepan Wood, “Green Revolution or Greenwash? Voluntary Environmental Standards, Public Law and Private Authority in Canada,” in Law Commission of Canada (ed.) New Perspectives on the Public-Private Divide (Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press, 2003) 123-165Stepan Wood, “La révolution verte est-elle diluée? Les normes environnementales volontaires, le droit public et l’autorité du privé au Canada” dans Commission du droit du Canada (dir.) La réforme du droit et la frontière entre le public et le privé (Québec: Les presses de l’Université Laval, 2003) 183-247 (translation of previous item)Stepan Wood, “Renegades and Vigilantes in Multilateral Environmental Regimes: Lessons of the 1995 ‘Turbot War’,” in Lawrence Susskind et al. (eds.), Innovations in International Environmental Negotiation (Cambridge, MA: Harvard Program on Negotiation, 1997) 184-200

Book Chapters

Full Text (HTML)Stepan Wood and Lynn Johannson (2008), "Six Principles for Integrating Non Governmental Environmental Standards into Smart Regulation" 46 Osgoode Hall Law Journal 345-396Full Text (PDF)

Summary (HTML)Stepan Wood and Lynn Johannson (2008), "How Not to Incorporate Voluntary Standards into Smart Regulation: ISO 14001 and Ontario's Environmental Penalties Regulations", CLPE Research Paper No. 07/2008Full Text (PDF)Stepan Wood, “Canada’s ‘Forgotten Forests’: Or, How Ottawa is Failing Local Communities and the World in Peri-Urban Forest Protection,” (2004) 14 Journal of Environmental Law and Practice 217-250Full Text (PDF)Stepan Wood, “Environmental Management Systems and Public Authority in Canada: Rethinking Environmental Governance,” (2002-03) 10 Buffalo Environmental Law Journal 129-210Stepan Wood, “The High Price of Habitat Protection” (2001) 27(3) Alternatives: Environmental Thought, Policy and Action 9-11Full Text (HTML)Anne-Marie Slaughter, Andrew Tulumello and Stepan Wood, “International Law and International Relations Theory: A New Generation of Interdisciplinary Scholarship” (1998) 92 American Journal of International Law 367-397

Journal Articles

2006, “Brownfields Civil Liability Relief: Lessons from Abroad,” presented to panel on “Liability – the Search for a Common Understanding,” Canadian Brownfields 2006 conference, Toronto, October 27.2006, “Corporate Responsibility: Why Voluntary Approaches Are Not Sustainable,” presented at Canadian Association of Law Teachers Annual Conference, Toronto, May 302006, “The International Organization for Standardization, Non-State Market-Driven Governance and the Struggle for the Soul of Global Business,” presented at International Studies Association Annual Convention, San Diego, March 23Full Text (PDF)(2004) “Commentary: Toward a Counterdisciplinary Agenda for Research in International Law and International Relations,” in Proceedings of the 31st Annual Conference of the Canadian Council on International Law (The Hague: Kluwer Law International) 260-2732004, “The ‘Forgotten Forests’: How Ottawa is Failing Local Communities and the World in Peri-Urban Forest Protection,” presented at First JELP Environmental Law Conference: Defining Canada’s Environmental Priorities, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, June 42004, “The Role of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) in Governing Environmental Conflict and Corporate Social Responsibility in Developing Countries: Questions for Research,” presented at International Congress on Environmental Law: Property, Conflict and Environment, Universidad del Rosario, Bogotá, Colombia, May 252002, “Cautionary Tales: International Environmental Law and the Precautionary Principle in the Work of the Federal Court of Canada,” presented at Federal Court Judges’ Seminar, Chateau Montebello, Montebello, Quebec, Sept. 52001, “Voluntary Environmental Standards: Green Revolution or Greenwash?” presented at Learning Sustainability: Achieving Environmental, Social and Economic Well-Being, State University of New York at Buffalo, School of Law, 13 October2001, “Green Revolution or Greenwash? Environmental Management Systems, Public Law and Private Authority in Canada,” presented at Congress of the Social Sciences and Humanities, Quebec, 28 May(2000) “The New Global Environmental Standards” 93 American Society of International Law Proceedings 220-221.2000, “Structural Bias and the concept of Sustainability,” presented at conference on Structural Bias and International Law, Harvard Law School, Cambridge, Mass., 14-15 April1998,“‘Commit Globally, Delegate Locally’: International Environmental Agreements and Environmental Deregulation in Canada,” presented at New Tecumseth Environmental Conference, Alliston, Ontario, Nov. 7

Conference Papers

(2006) “Brownfields Civil Liability Relief: A Survey of Statutory Developments in the United States, United Kingdom and Australia.” Prepared for the Ontario Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing and the Ontario Ministry of the Environment.(2005) “Governing Beyond Borders: Law For Canadians in an Era of Globalization”. Prepared for the Law Commission of Canada.Full Text (PDF)(2003) “Sustainability in International Law”, in UNESCO Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems (Oxford, UK: EOLSS Publishers), online: http://www.eolss.net(2001) ISO WD 14004: Environmental Management Systems - General guidelines, Working Draft (International Organization for Standardization, September 2001) (convener of international Editing Group responsible for producing Working Draft of the revised ISO 14004 environmental management system international standard)(2000) “The Greening of York Region: National and International Policy Context”. Report prepared for the Greening of York Region Strategy, Regional Municipality of York, Ontario, Canada.

Monographs & Reports

Full Text (PDF)Stepan Wood, review of Rebecca Bratspies and Russell Miller, eds., Transboundary Harm in International Law: Lessons from the Trail Smelter Arbitration (New York: Cambridge, 2006), (2007) 45 Osgoode Hall Law Journal 637-645Full Text (PDF)Stepan Wood , review of Rebecca Bratspies and Russell Miller, eds., Transboundary Harm in International Law: Lessons from the Trail Smelter Arbitration (New York: Cambridge, 2006), (2007) 45 Osgoode Hall Law Journal 637-645

Book Reviews

2005, “Green by Choice? Voluntary Codes and Environmental Governance,” presented to Schulich School of Business/Faculty of Environmental Studies Graduate Seminar on Management Practices for Sustainable Business (BSUS 6950), York University, October 252004, “Green by Choice? Voluntary Self-Regulation and Environmental Governance,” presented to Schulich School of Business/Faculty of Environmental Studies Graduate Seminar on Management Practices for Sustainable Business (BSUS 6950), York University, October 262003, Corporate codes of conduct and global environmental governance, presented to Globalization and the Law (LW 2008.03), Osgoode Hall Law School, February 182003, Lecture on sustainable development, national parks and environmental litigation, presented to undergraduate course Conservation in Canada,York University, January 152002, “Sustainability in International Law,” presented to graduate course Sustainable Development for Canada (ENVS 6114), Faculty of Environmental Studies, York University, Sept. 172002, “ISO 14000 and Transnational Private Governance”, presented to Globalization and the Law (LW 2008.03), Osgoode Hall Law School, March 192001, “State Responsibility for Environmental Harm,” presented to Public International Law (LW 2340.03), Osgoode Hall Law School, March 212000, “Dams, Salmon and Adaptive Management in the Pacific Northwest: an Introduction to Environmental Policy-making,” presented to undergraduate course Environmental Conservation (GEOG 210), DePaul University, Chicago, November 2, 1999 and February 23, 20001999, “Sustainable Development and International Environmental Law,” presented to undergraduate International Law course, University of Toronto, Department of Political Science, March 111999-2002, Regular guest lecturer on environmental law and regulation in Schulich School of Business/Faculty of Environmental Studies Graduate Seminar on Management Practices for Sustainable Business (BSUS 6950), York University

Invited Lectures

2007, “A Short History of Great Lakes Water Management,” presented at Current Issues in Water Law: The Great Lakes Compact and Agreement, panel discussion organized jointly by Osgoode Hall Law School and Thomas M. Cooley Law School, Toronto, 31 MayParticipant, panel on “Standards and Best Practices: Can We Get It Right?,” conference on “Actionable Ideas: A Discourse on Corporate Social Responsibility,” University of Ottawa, 9 February2006, “Legitimation and Non-State Governance: ISO Corporate Social Responsibility Standards and the Struggle for the Soul of Global Business,” presented at Law and Society Association Annual Meeting, Baltimore, July 72006, “Brownfields Civil Liability Protection in the US, UK and Australia,” presented at Ontario Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing Brownfields Stakeholders Group Meeting, Toronto, June 52006, “The Struggle for the Soul of Global Business: ISO, Corporate Social Responsibility Standards and the Quest for Legitimacy,” presented at the Institute for Research and Innovation in Sustainability Seminar Series, York University, Toronto, February 242005, “The Soft Law of Corporate Environmental Responsibility: Voluntary Codes of Conduct,” presented at the Inaugural International Workshop of the Comparative Research in Law and Political Economy research network, Osgoode Hall Law School, Toronto, October 212005, “ISO’s Empire: Governing Corporate Social Responsibility in a Post-Regulatory Era”, presented at Canadian Law and Society Association Annual Meeting, Harrison Hot Springs, British Columbia, June 282005, “Governing Beyond Borders: Law for Canadians in an Era of Globalization,” presented at Canadian Law and Society Association Annual Meeting, Harrison Hot Springs, British Columbia, June 27 (co-presented with Stephen Clarkson)2005, “Governing Beyond Borders: Law for Canadians in an Era of Globalization,” presented at a joint session of the Canadian Political Science Association and Canadian Association of Geographers Annual Meetings, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, June 4 (co-presented with Stephen Clarkson)2005, “Standardization and Management Systems as Transnational Regulatory Institutions: The Curious Case of ISO’s Environmental and Social Management Standards ”, presented at International Studies Association Annual Meeting, Honolulu, Hawai’i, March 52004, “Practice and Structure in Private Transnational Regulatory Systems: ISO and Environmental Governance,” presented at Law and Society Association annual meeting, Chicago, May 272003, “The Governance Projects of Governance Theory,” presented at York University Centre for Public Law and Public Policy workshop on Globalization, Governance, Law and Policy-Making, Toronto, 14 May2002, “A Counterdisciplinary Agenda for Research in International Law and International Relations,” presented at Canadian Council on International Law Annual Meeting, Ottawa, October 282002, “Voluntarism and Environmental Governance: Assessment and Key Issues for Discussion,” presented at Canadian Political Science Association/Environmental Studies Association of Canada joint session on Voluntarism and Environmental Governance, University of Toronto, 28 May2002, “Introduction to the Ontario Environmental Bill of Rights,” presented at Osgoode Hall Law School, Schulich School of Business and York University Faculty of Environmental Studies joint panel session on “Ontario’s Environmental Bill of Rights: Does it Contribute to Sustainable Development in Ontario?” Toronto, 20 March2001, “Princes, Merchants and Citizens: the Politics of Voluntary Environmental Management Standards,” presented at Osgoode Hall Law School Faculty Seminar Series, Toronto, August 221999, “Rise of the Eco-Crats: Environmental Management and Global Governance,” presented at Osgoode Hall Law School Faculty Seminar Series, Toronto, August 251998, “Visions without Programs, Programs without Vision? Teaching International Environmental Law,” presented at Osgoode Hall Law School Faculty Seminar Series, Toronto, August

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