Thomas O. McGarity
- Joe R. & Teresa Lozano Long Endowed Chair in Administrative Law
- William Powers, Jr. and Kim L. Heilbrun Chair in Tort Law
- The Rex G. Baker Centennial Chair in Natural Resources Law
- Professor
Thomas O. McGarity: Publications
Search Publications
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U.S. Agency Experts in Shackles: The Quest for Information
Journal of Environmental Law
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Demolition Agenda
The New Press
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Deregulation using Stealth Science Strategies
Duke Law Journal
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The Congressional Review Act: A Damage Assessment
The American Prospect
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The Trump Effect on Power Plant Carbon Dioxide Emissions
San Diego J. of Climate & Energy L.
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Trumping State Regulators and Juries
The American Prospect
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Dynamic Rulemaking
N.Y.U. L. Rev.
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Avoiding Gridlock Through Unilateral Executive Action: The Obama Administration’s Clean Power Plan
Wake Forest J. L. & Policy
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But What About Texas? Climate Disruption Regulation in Recalcitrant States
Harvard Environmental Law Review
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Still Free to Harm: A Response to Professor Farber
Texas Law Review
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EPA at Helm's Deep: Surviving the Fourth Attack on Environmental Law
Fordham Environmental Law Review
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Regulatory Science in Rulemaking and Tort: Unifying the Weight of the Evidence Approach
Wake Forest Journal of Law & Policy
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Freedom to Harm: The Lasting Legacy of the Laissez Faire Revival
New Haven, C.T.: Yale University Press
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The End Game of Deregulation: Myopic Risk Management and the Next Catastrophe
Duke Environmental Law and Policy Forum
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Texas Water Will Suffer Under Plan to Lower Standards
Austin American-Statesman
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A Movement, A Lawsuit, and the Integrity of Sponsored Law and Economics Research
Stanford Law & Policy Review
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Wyeth v. Levine is a Rare Win for Consumers
Dallas Morning News, March 6, 2009 [Also appears in Austin American-Statesman
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contribution
The Regulation-Common Law Feedback Loop in Nonpreemptive Regimes
Preemption Choice: The Theory, Law, and Reality of Federalism's Core Question
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Court Takes Up Pre-Emption Doctrine
Austin American-Statesman
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Court Takes Up Pre-Emption Doctrine
Austin American-Statesman
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BENDING SCIENCE: HOW SPECIAL INTERESTS CORRUPT PUBLIC HEALTH RESEARCH
Harvard University Press
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Who Writes the Rules?
The Dallas Morning News
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The Preemption War: When Federal Bureaucracies Trump Local Juries
New Haven, CT: Yale University Press
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contribution
Frankenfood Free: Consumer Sovereignty, Federal Regulation, and Industry Control in Marketing and Choosing Food in the United States
Labeling Genetically Modified Food: The Philosophical and Legal Debate
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Medical Malpractice Myths and Realities: Why an Insurance Crisis is Not a Lawsuit Crisis
Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review
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contribution
Defending Clean Science from Dirty Attacks by Special Interests
Rescuing Science from Politics: Regulation and the Distortion of Scientific Research
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Resisting Regulation with Blue Ribbon Panels
XXXIII Fordham Urban Law Journal
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Regulation and Litigation: Complementary Tools for Environmental Protection
Columbia Journal of Environmental Law
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Federal Regulation of Mad Cow Disease Risks
Administrative Law Review
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contribution
The Story of the Benzene Case: Judicially Imposed Regulatory Reform Through Risk Assessment
Environmental Law Stories
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Talk Till Cows Come Home, But Beef Safety Takes Action
Austin American-Statesman
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Only an Independent Agency Can Safeguard Beef
Dallas Morning News
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The Goals of Environmental Legislation
Boston College Environmental Affairs Law Review
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MTBE: A Precautionary Tale
Harvard Environmental Law Review
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Beyond the Dirty Dozen: The Bush Administration's Cautious Approach to Listing New Persistent Organic Pollutants and the Future of the Stockholm Convention
William & Mary Environmental Law & Policy Review
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On the Prospect of "Daubertizing" Judicial Review of Risk Assessment
Law & Contemporary Problems
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Legal Aspects of the Regulatory Use of Environmental Modeling
Environmental Law Reporter
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Counting the Cost of Health, Safety, and Environmental Regulation
Texas Law Review
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Seeds of Distrust: Federal Regulation of Genetically Modified Foods
University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform
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Professor Sunstein's Fuzzy Math
Georgetown Law Journal
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Beyond Buckman: Wrongful Manipulation of the Regulatory Process in the Law of Torts
Washburn Law Journal
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Republicans Deal Workers a Setback
Dallas Morning News
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Republicans Deal Workers a Setback
Dallas Morning News
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Proposal for Linking Culpability and Causation to Ensure Corporate Accountability for Toxic Risks
William & Mary Environmental Law & Policy Review
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Deflecting the Assault: How EPA Survived a "Disorganized Revolution" by "Reinventing" Itself a Bit
Environmental Law Reporter: News & Analysis
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Breeding Distrust: An Assessment and Recommendations for Improving the Regulation of Plant Derived Genetically Modified Foods
Consumer Federation of America Foundation
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Missing Milestones: A Critical Look at the Clean Air Act's VOC Emissions Reduction Program in Nonattainment Areas
Virginia Environmental Law Journal
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A Cost-Benefit State
Administrative Law Review
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The Role of Government Attorneys in Regulatory Agency Rulemaking
Law & Contemporary Problems
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The Expanded Debate Over the Future of the Regulatory State
University of Chicago Law Review
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OSHA's Critics and Regulatory Reform
Wake Forest Law Review
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Read the Fine Print
New York Times,
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Read the Fine Print
New York Times
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On Making Judges Do the Right Thing
Duke Law Journal
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The Fifth Annual Robert C. Byrd Conference on the Administrative Process: The First Year of Clinton/Gore: Reinventing Government or Refining Reagan/Bush Initiatives?
Administrative Law Journal of American University
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Peer Review in Awarding Federal Grants in the Arts and Sciences
High Technology Law Journal
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Radical Technology-Forcing in Environmental Regulation
Loyola L.A. Law Review
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Reforming OSHA: Some Thoughts for the Current Legislative Agenda
Houston Law Review
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Science, Policy, and Politics in Judicial Review of Regulations
Accountability in Research
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Workers at Risk: The Failed Promise of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Westport, CT: Praeger
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Some Thoughts on "Deossifying" the Rulemaking Process
Duke Law Journal
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Bias in Awarding Scientific Grants: A Modest Proposal for an Audit System
Accountability in Research
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Reinventing Rationality: the Role of Regulatory Analysis in the Federal Bureaucracy
New York: Cambridge University Press
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contribution
International Regulation of Deliberate Release Biotechnologies
International Responsibility for Environmental Harm
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Poverty and the Politics of Occupational Safety and Health
Kansas Journal of Law & Public Policy
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Not So Paradoxical: The Rationale for Technology-Based Regulation
Duke Law Journal
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International Regulation of Deliberate Release Biotechnologies
Texas International Law Journal
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The Internal Structure of EPA Rulemaking
Law & Contemporary Problems
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contribution
Regulating Biotechnology
Regulating for the Future: The Creative Balance
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Implementing NEPA: Some Specific Issues
Environmental Law
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Public Participation in Risk Regulation
Risk Issues in Health & Safety
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Biotechnology
Year Book of International Environmental Law
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Reorienting OSHA: Regulatory Alternatives and Legislative Reform
Yale Journal on Regulation
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Public Participation in Data Audits
Accountability in Research
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Federal Regulation of Agricultural Biotechnologies
University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform
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Presidential Control of Regulatory Agency Decisionmaking
American University Law Review
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Regulatory Analysis and Regulatory Reform
Texas Law Review
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An Institutional and Legal Assessment on Instream Aeration Project in the Houston Ship Channel
Austin: Policy Research Institute, The University of Texas
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contribution
Risk and Trust: The Role of Regulatory Agencies
Dealing With Risk: The Courts, the Agencies and Congress
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Regulatory Reform in the Reagan Era
University of Maryland Law Review
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Regulatory Reform and the Positive State: An Historical Overview
Administrative Law Review
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Beyond the Hard Look: A New Standard for Judicial Review?
Natural Resources & Environment
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Bhopal and the Export of Hazardous Technologies
Texas International Law Journal
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contribution
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Judicial Review of Scientific Rulemaking
Science, Technology & Human Values
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Commentary: Law, Science, and NEPA
Natural Resources Law
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Federal Regulation of Emerging Genetic Technologies
Vanderbilt Law Review
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Media-Quality, Technology, and Cost-Benefit Balancing Strategies for Health and Environmental Regulation
Law & Contemporary Problems
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contribution
OSHA's Generic Carcinogen Policy: Rulemaking Under Scientific and Legal Uncertainty
Law and Science in Collaboration: Resolving Regulatory Issues in Science and Technology
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contribution
Commentary on the Social Effects of the Development of the Border Region
Ecology and Development of the Border Region
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Public Regulation of Recombinant DNA Gene Therapy
Journal of Legal Medicine
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Risk-Oriented Employment Screens
Texas Law Review
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contribution
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Multi-Party Forum Shopping for Appellate Review of Administrative Action
University of Pennsylvania Law Review
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Contending Approaches to Regulating Laboratory Safety
Kansas Law Review
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The Death and Transfiguration of Mirex: An Examination of the Integrity of Settlements Under FIFRA
Harvard Environmental Law Review
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The Two Union Problem: Stumbling Block in the Evolution of the Successorship Problem
Austin: University of Texas School of Law