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Leslie Stein
Leslie Stein joins Pace Law School in 2011 for a two-year appointment as a Scholar in Residence. Just prior to coming to Pace, Professor Stein was a Visiting Scholar at the Center for Climate Change Law at Columbia Law School, where he worked closely with Professor Michael Gerrard. Professor Stein has taught in England, Canada, and Australia, and served as a Judge in Australia in land use and environmental disputes for over ten years.
Professor Stein is an LL.B. and LL.M. graduate of Osgoode Hall Law School (Toronto, Canada). He received his B.A. from the State University of New York at Buffalo. His expertise includes land use planning and climate change law as well as the governance of metropolitan strategies. Professor Stein has served as Counsel for the development of metropolitan strategies for several cities. His current research is on the effects of climate change on the legal system.
Publications:
| Books | Effect of Climate Change on the Legal System (In Preparation) |
| Principles of Planning Law (2008) Oxford University Press | |
| Locus Standi (ed.) (1979) Law Book Co, Sydney | |
| Urban Legal Problems (1974) Law Book Co, Sydney | |
| Environmental Law (8 Volumes), Editor (with M. Hollick), 1982-84, Canberra: A.R.G.C. | |
| Chapters | "Non-US Responses to Adaptation" in M. Gerrard (ed) Adaptation and Climate Law (in preparation). |
| "Relocation of Persons Displaced by Climate Change" in M. Gerrard (ed) Threatened Nations: Legal Implications of Rising Seas and a Changing Climate (forthcoming). | |
| "The Nature of Expropriation Law" in Compensation for Compulsory Purchase, A Comparative Study, J.F. Garner (ed) (1976) U.K. Committee on Comparative Law. | |
| "The Theoretical Basis of Standing to Sue" in Locus Standi, L.A. Stein (ed), Chap 1. | |
| "Locus Standi and Mandamus" in Locus Standi, L. A. Stein (ed), Chap 4 | |
| Select Articles (over 30 pages) | "The Legal and Economic Bases for Emissions Trading" (2010) 36 Monash University Law Review 52 |
| The Municipal Power to Zone" (1976) 49 Canadian Bar Review 534 | |
| "Municipal Control over Assembly" (1978) Public Law 115 | |
| "The Use of Space" Papers on Planning and Design, University of Toronto, 1976, No 9 | |
| "Density Controls and the Use of Space" (1982) 1 Urban Law and Policy 1 | |
| "Building Permits and Mandamus" (1986) Canadian Bar Review 382 | |
| "A Methodology for Computer Based Retrieval of Decisions" (1995) 56 Australian Law Journal 86 | |
| Novel | The Journey of Adam Kadmon, New York, Arcade Publishing, 2001. |
| Philosophical Works | Treatise on The Transformation of the Self, In Press |
| "Rix Weaver: A Final Interview" (2001) 47 Harvest: Journal of Jungian Studies 81 |