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., Water Law as a Pragmatic Exercise: Professor Joseph Sax's Water Scholarship, 25 Ecology Law Quarterly 363-383 (1998).
Barton H. Thompson, Jr., Endangered Species, in, 2 New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics and the Law. Peter Newman, editor. New York: Stockton Press, 1998. p. 53-56
Barton H. Thompson, Jr., Using the Judiciary to Resolve International Water Conflicts, Rosenberg International Forum on Water Policy, San Francisco, California, September 1997.
Barton H. Thompson, Jr., Water Markets and the Problem of Shifting Paradigms, in, Water Marketing -- The Next Generation: The Political Economy Forum, Terry L. Anderson and Peter J. Hill, editors. Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, 1997. p. 1-30.
Barton H. Thompson, Jr., Endangered Species, John M. Olin Program in Law and Economics Working Paper No. 151 (1997).
Barton H. Thompson, Jr., The Endangered Species Act: A Case Study in Takings & Incentives, 49 Stanford Law Review 305-80 (1997).
Barton H. Thompson, Jr., The Endangered Species Act: A Case Study in Takings and Incentives, Stanford Law School, John M. Olin Program in Law and Economics. Working Paper No. 126 (1996).
Barton H. Thompson, Jr., Environmental Policy and State Constitutions: The Potential Role of Substantive Guidance, 27 Rutgers Law Journal 863-925 (1996).
Barton H. Thompson, Jr., Resource Use and the Emerging Law of 'Takings': A Realistic Appraisal,, 42 Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Institute 2-1 - 2-53 (1996).
Brian E. Gray, Barton H. Thompson, Jr., Richard Howitt, Lawrence J. MacDonnell, and Henry J. Vaux, Jr., A Model Water Transfer Act for California, San Francisco, CA: California Business Roundtable, 1996.
Barton H. Thompson, Jr., Foreword: The Search for Regulatory Alternatives, 15 Stanford Environmental Law Journal viii-xxi (1996).
Barton H. Thompson, Jr., Legal Disconnections Between Ground and Surface Water, in, Making The Connections: Proceedings of the Twentieth Biennial Conference on Ground Water, September 11-12, 1995. Davis, CA: Centers for Water and Wildland Resources, 1996. (Water Resources Center Report, no. 88).
Barton H. Thompson, Jr., Environmental Policy and the State Constitution:The Role for Substantive Policy Guidance, in, Constitutional Reform in California: Making State Government More Effective and Responsive. Bruce E. Cain and Roger G. Noll, editors. Berkeley, CA: Institute of Governmental Studies Press, 1995. pp. 473-496.
Barton H. Thompson, Jr., Environmental Policy and State Constitution: The Role for Substantive Guidance, University of California Public Policy Center Working Paper (1995).
Barton H. Thompson, Jr., Takings and Water Rights, in Water Law: Trends, Policies, and Practice, Kathleen Marion Carr and James D. Crammond, eds. Chicago: American Bar Association, Section of Natural Resources, Energy & Environmental Law, 1995.
Barton H. Thompson, Jr., Water Markets: An Overview of Current Law, Institutions, and Issues, Keynote Address: Water Conference, University of Tulsa College of Law, March 1994.
Barton H. Thompson, Jr., The Future of Water Markets: Emerging Institutions, Shifting Paradigms, and Organizations, C.E.P.R. Publication No. 387 (1993).
Barton H. Thompson, Jr., Institutional Perspectives on Water Policy and Markets, 81 California Law Review 671-764 (1993).
Barton H. Thompson, Jr., A History of the "Judicial Impairment Doctrine" and Its Lessons for the Contract Clause, 44 Stanford Law Review 1373 (1992)
Barton H. Thompson, Jr., A Comment on Economic Analysis and Just Compensation, 12 International Review of Law and Economics 141 (1992).