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Richard Stewart
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Professor, NYU
John Edward Sexton Professor of Law, NYU Law
Professor Richard Stewart is recognized as one of the world’s leading scholars in environmental and administrative law. Prior to joining the faculty, Stewart served as Byrne Professor of Administrative Law at Harvard Law School and as a member of the faculty of the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard. He has served as assistant attorney general in charge of the Environment and Natural Resources Division of the US Department of Justice and chairman of the Environmental Defense Fund.
Recent Publications
Megaregulation Contested: Global Economic Ordering After TPP
The Japan-led Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPPA) of 2018 is the most far-reaching ‘megaregional’ economic agreement in force, with several major countries...
Read MoreBuilding Blocks: A Strategy for Near-Term Climate Action
The Paris Agreement cemented a new framework for global climate policy based on the voluntary and non-legally binding emission reduction...
Read MoreA Building Blocks Strategy for Global Climate Change
The likely future global climate regime, based on nationally determined, non-legally binding commitments, is not by itself likely to produce emissions...
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