Scholarship and Advocacy

Faculty at the Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University have a significant history of work in Brazil and are committed to Brazil's future. BAILE faculty regularly speak at and attend Brazilian conferences, lecturing on both environmental and international law issues.

Publications

• Threats to the Brazilian Environment and Environmental Policy Workshop Report (PDF), David Cassuto, Romulo Sampaio, Inga Caldwell, Maria Antonia Tigre 2019
• Don't Be Cruel (Anymore): A Look at the Animal Cruelty Regimes of the United States and Brazil with A Call for A New Animal Welfare Agency (PDF), David Cassuto, 2016
• The Importance of Information and Participation Principles in Environmental Law in Brazil (PDF), David Cassuto and Romulo Sampaio, 2013
• Hot, Crowded, and Legal: A Look at Industrial Agriculture in the United States and Brazil (PDF), David Cassuto, 2013
• The Evolution of the Brazilian Regulation of Ethanol and Possible Lessons from the United States (PDF), David Cassuto, 2012
• Keeping It Legal: Transboundary Management Challenges Facing Brazil and the Guarani, Rômulo S.R. Sampaio, Water International (special issue on transboundary aquifers), 2011
• Water Law in the United States and Brazil—Climate Change & Two Approaches to Emerging Water Poverty, David Cassuto and Romulo Sampaio, 2011
• Investment in Water and Wastewater Infrastructure: an Environmental Justice Challenge, a Governance Solution (PDF), Alexandra Dapolito Dunn and Erin Derrington, 2010
• Leadership Challenges: Biofuels and the 2009 Brazilian National Climate Change Policy Act, Romulo Sampaio, Renewable Energy Law & Policy Review, February, 2010
• Regulating Climate Change Risk at the Local Level: Greenprint or Greenwash? The Denver Experience, Romulo Sampaio, Missouri Environmental Law and Policy Review, Volume 17, Number 2, 2010 [Portuguese]
• Legal Aspect of Market Mechanisms as Instruments of Environmental Policies, Romulo Sampaio, Socioenvironmental Law Book, vol. 2, honoring Vladimir Passosde Freitas. Org.: Alessandra Galli. Editora Juruá, August, 2010

Conferences and Lectures

Professor David Cassuto

• “Juggling Water: Transboundary Issues Facing the Guarani Aquifer” – UNESCO Conference on Tranboundary Aquifers: Challenges & New Directions, Paris, France, December 2010
• “Animal Law in Brazil & China” - Address to Animal Grantmakers Conference, Baton Rouge, LA, November 2010
• “Water Law in the United States & Brazil: Two Approaches to Emerging Water Poverty in an Age of Climate Change” - Address to University of Illinois, Center for Latin-American Studies, Urbana, IL, October 2010
• “The Impacts of Industrial Agriculture on Climate Change” – Keynote Speech,IESB University, Brasilia, Brazil, September 2010; Keynote Speech, Institute for Applied Economic Research (IPEA) (federal public foundation linked to the Strategic Affairs Secretariat of the Presidency of Brazil), Brasilia, Brazil, September 2010; Keynote Speech, Federal University of Parana, Curitiba, Brazil, August 2010; Keynote Speech, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS) Law School, Porto Alegre, Brazil, August 2010
• “NEPA after Winters – A Look at the Landscape” – Federal University of Bahia, Salvador, Brazil, June 2010
• “Standing and the Civil Action” – Federal University of Bahia, Salvador, Brazil, June 2010
• “Water Law and Climate Change in the United States” – Address to the Rio de Janeiro State Office of the Attorney General, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, May 2010
• “The Anti-Law of Industrial Agriculture” – Lawyers for a Green Planet Conference, São Paulo, Brazil, May 2010
• “Hard & Soft Uncertainty and Environmental Permitting –A Look at Risk Management in the U.S. & Brazil” – Federal University of Pará, Belem, Brazil, April 2010
• “The Socratic Method – The Why and How” – Getulio Vargas Foundation School of Law, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, March 2010
• “Industrial Agriculture, Biofuels and Climate Change” – International Seminar on Biofuels, Biodiversity & Climate Change, Universdidade Católico de Santos, Santos, Brazil, March 2010

Professor Romulo Silveira da Rocha Sampaio

• “Proposed changes in the Brazilian Forest Code”, Seminar of the State BAR Association of Santa Catarina, Florianópolis-SC, April 14th, 2011
• “Environmental Permitting”, Environmental Law Forum of the Pontal do Paranapanema – Public Policies and Environmental Management, Presidente Prudente-SP, September 16th 2010
• “Environmental Offsets:Progresses, Challenges, and Implementation Obstacles”, Environmental Law Seminar of the State BAR Association of Rio de Janeiro– Law of the Protected Areas – 10th Anniversary of the SNUC Law (National System of Conservation Units), Rio de Janeiro-RJ, August 20th 2010
• “Biofuels and Climate Change Risk Regulation”, the 15 Conference on Brazilian Environmental Law– Forests, Climate Change and Environmental Services, the Law For A Green Planet Institute, Sao Paulo-SP, Brazil, on May 26 2010.

Research and Teaching Activity

Professor David Cassuto

• Williams College (2011 -present)
  • Class of 1946 Distinguished Visiting Professor of Environmental Studies
• Getulio Vargas Foundation School of Law, Rio de Janeiro Brazil
  • Research Fellow & Visiting Professor (Spring 2018)
  • Fulbright Fellow & Visiting Professor (Spring 2010)
• Federal University of Bahia, Salvador, Brazil (2010–present)
  • Profesor Colaborador (2017–present)
  • Visiting Professor of Law (2010–2016)
• Fordham University School of Law (2009–2016)
  • Adjunct Professor of Law
• Getulio Vargas Foundation School of Law, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
  • Fulbright Scholar and Visiting Professor of Law (Spring 2010)
  • Advisor, Environmental Law Program (PDMA) (Fall 2010–2014)
  • Fellow & Visiting Professor (Spring 2018–present)
• Universitatat Autònoma de Barcelona (2015–present)
  • Visiting Professor of Law
• Universidade de Caxias do Sul (2017–present)
  • Visiting Professor of Law

Professor Romulo Silveira da Rocha Sampaio

• Tulane University (2011)
  • Visiting Professor of Law
• Instituto Brasileiro de Administração do Sistema Judiciário -IBRAJUS
  • Member of the Mata Atlântica Biosphere Reserve Committee of the State of Rio de Janeiro
  • Member of the Specialist Group on Energy and Climate Change of the Commission on Environmental Law of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN)
  • Director of International Relations of the Brazilian Institute for the Management of the Judiciary System