Barton H. "Buzz" Thompson, Jr.
Robert E. Paradise Professor of Natural Resources Law and Perry L. McCarty Director, Woods Institute for the Environment

Publications & Cases

Recent Publications

Barton H. Thompson, Jr., Tragically Difficult: The Obstacles to Governing the Commons, Stanford Law & Economics, Olin Research Paper No. 187 (January 2000). Available from the SSRN Electronic Paper Collection:
Barton H. Thompson, Jr., Wheeling Wars, Water Strategist 7-11, July/August 2000.
Barton H. Thompson, Jr., The Allure of Consequential Fit, 51 Alabama Law Review 1261-1303 (2000)
Barton H. Thompson, Jr., Joseph Sax, John Leshy, and Robert Abrams, Legal Control of Water Resources, 3d ed., St. Paul, Minn: West Publishing, 2000. 956 pages.
Barton H. Thompson, Jr., Will Reserved Rights Federalize Groundwater?, Water Strategist 14-18, February 2000.
Barton H. Thompson, Jr., Markets for Nature, 25 William and Mary Environmental Law and Policy Review 261-316 (2000)
Barton H. Thompson, Jr., Wheeling Wars, Water Strategist 7-11 (July/August 2000).
Barton H. Thompson, Jr., Water Allocation and Protection: A United States Case Study, in, Earth Systems: Processes and Issues, W. G. Ernst, editor. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2000. p. 476-491.
Barton H. Thompson, Jr., Tragically Difficult: The Obstacles to Governing the Commons, 30 Environmental Law 241-278 (2000).
Barton H. Thompson, Jr., Harmonizing Environmental & Commercial Uses of Water, Rosenberg International Forum on Water Policy, Barcelona, Spain, October 1999.
Barton H. Thompson, Jr., Southern California Water Wars, Conference of the Society of Environmental Journalists, Los Angeles, California, September 17, 1999.
Barton H. Thompson, Jr., Tragically Difficult: The Obstacles to Governing the Commons, Annual Distinguished Visitor Lecture, Northwestern Law School of Lewis & Clark, Portland, Oregon, September 8, 1999.
Barton H. Thompson, Jr., The Allure of Consequential Fit, United States Court of Federal Claims Symposium on Retroactive Legislation, Washington, D.C., April 29, 1999.
Barton H. Thompson, Trends and Issues in the Privatization of Municipal Water Supply, 17th Annual American Bar Association Water Law Conference, San Diego, California, February 25, 1999.
Barton H. Thompson, Jr., Whither Western Water Policy: Blind Salamanders & Markets, American Association for the Advancement of Science Annual Meeting, Anaheim, California, January 23, 1999.
Barton H. Thompson, Jr., Experiential Teaching Techniques: Situational Case Studies, Simulations, & Clinics, American Association of Law Schools Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Lousiana, January 10, 1999.
Barton H. Thompson, Jr., People or Prairie Chickens: The Uncertain Search for Optimal Biodiversity, Legal Scholarship Network, Stanford Law School, John M. Olin Program in Law and Economics, Working Paper no. 173, (February 1999). 46pp.
Barton H. Thompson, Jr., People or Prairie Chickens: The Uncertain Search for Optimal Biodiversity, 51 Stanford Law Review 1127-1185 (1999).
Barton H. Thompson, Jr., Privatization of the Municipal Water Industry, 20 Looking Ahead 10-14 (May/June 1999).
Barton H. Thompson, Jr., MWD's Ill-Advised Broadside on Agricultural Water Rights, Water Strategist 7-10 (February 1999).