Erik Brandon Bluemel (March 2, 1977 – May 6, 2009) was an assistant professor at the University of Denver Sturm College of Law and a scholar in the fields of environmental law, indigenous peoples law, and global administrative law. He held a J.D. from New York University School of Law, an L.L.M. from Georgetown University Law Center, and a B.A. in political economy from the University of California-Berkeley. Professor Bluemel died from injuries sustained after a bicycle accident in the early morning on May 6, 2009.[1]
Early life
editBluemel was born on March 2, 1977, in Arcadia, California.[2]
Prior legal employment
editPrior to joining the faculty at the University of Denver Sturm College of Law in 2008, he clerked for Barefoot Sanders in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas and Kermit Edward Bye in the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals. He also served as a staff attorney and teaching fellow at Georgetown University Law Center's Institute for Public Representation, where he represented dozens of national and local groups on administrative, environmental, and public land law issues.
High-profile cases
editSome of the higher profile cases he worked on while at the Institute for Public Representation included representing groups who challenged various aspects of the Intercounty Connector,[3][4] groups who challenged the development of a wind farm in a corridor used by protected migratory birds,[5] and groups seeking environmental restoration of Poplar Point, a portion of the Anacostia National Park,[6][7] among other projects.
Courses taught
editAt the University of Denver, he taught Administrative Law, Environmental Law, and Indigenous Peoples in International Law. His research interests included environmental federalism, climate governance, global administrative law, identity-based social movements, and environmental rights.
Community service
editHe served on the United Nations Development Programme Task Force on Access and Benefit-Sharing and Traditional Knowledge, as a member of the board of directors of Arlingtonians for a Clean Environment, and as vice-chair of the New York County Lawyers' Association Environmental Law Committee. He was a member of the Commission on Environmental Law of the International Union on the Conservation of Nature (IUCN). He also served as a member of the board of advisors for The Ocean Foundation, and as vice-president of the board of directors for Keystone Conservation.
Scholarship
editHis scholarship includes articles on the global warming regime complex,[8] regional greenhouse gas regulatory regimes in the United States,[9] regulation of alternative energies,[10] administrative law,[11] environmental rights,[12] protection of sacred sites and cultural property,[13][14] and indigenous peoples' participatory rights in international law,[15][16] among other topics.[17]
References
edit- ^ "Home". Archived from the original on May 11, 2009.
- ^ "Denver university law professor Bluemel dies". The Bismarck Tribune. 28 May 2009. Retrieved 10 February 2016.
- ^ Katherine Shaver, Agencies Accused of Wrongly Approving Md. Highway Study, Washington Post, Oct. 2, 2007
- ^ Timothy B. Wheeler, Two Lawsuits Filed Against ICC; Actions Are Efforts to Block Building of the Highway in the D.C. Suburbs Archived 2012-10-20 at the Wayback Machine, Baltimore Sun, Dec. 21, 2006
- ^ David Dishneau, Appeals Launched over Species Protection, Washington Post, Dec. 1, 2006
- ^ Marc Fisher, Will Green's Lawsuit Kill Poplar Point Soccer Stadium?, Raw Fisher, Washington Post, June 24, 2008
- ^ Jonathan O'Connell, Environmental Groups Plan to Sue D.C. over Poplar Point, Washington Business Journal, June 20, 2008
- ^ Erik B. Bluemel, Unraveling the Global Warming Regime Complex: Competitive Entropy in the Regulation of the Global Public Good, 155 U. Pa. L. Rev. 1981 (2007)
- ^ Erik B. Bluemel, Regional Regulatory Initiatives Addressing GHG Leakage in the USA[permanent dead link], in CLIMATE CHANGE AND EUROPEAN EMISSIONS TRADING: LESSONS FOR THEORY AND PRACTICE (Michael Faure & Marjan Peeters, eds., 2008)
- ^ Erik B. Bluemel, Biomass Energy: Ensuring Sustainability Through Conditioned Economic Incentives[permanent dead link], 19 Geo. Int'l Envtl. L. Rev. 673 (2007)
- ^ Erik B. Bluemel, Overcoming NGO Accountability Concerns in International Governance, 31 Brooklyn J. Int'l L. 139 (2005)
- ^ Erik B. Bluemel, The Implications of Formulating a Human Right to Water, 31 Ecology L.Q. 957 (2004)
- ^ Erik B. Bluemel, Accommodating Native American Native American Cultural Activities on Federal Public Lands, 41 Idaho L. Rev. 475 (2005)
- ^ Erik B. Bluemel, Prioritizing Multiple Uses on Public Lands After Bear Lodge, 32 B.C. Envtl. Aff. L. Rev. 365 (2005)
- ^ Erik B. Bluemel, Separating Instrumental from Intrinsic Rights: Toward an Understanding of Indigenous Participation in International Rule-Making, 30 Am. Indian L. Rev. 55 (2005–06)
- ^ Erik B. Bluemel, Substance Without Process: Analyzing TRIPS Participatory Guarantees in Light of Protected Indigenous Rights, 86 J. Pat. & Trademark Off. Soc'y 671 (2004)
- ^ Much of Erik Bluemel's scholarship is available online through his page on SSRN.