Caroline Cox’s “The Networked City: City Climate Change Networks and US Climate Governance” (AmericanAROL University Law Review, 2026) evaluates the growing importance of climate change networks, organizations with three or more member cities or representative city staff that share information and resources. She asserts the networks are a critical component of US climate governance.
Patricia McCoy co-authored “Delegation and Agency Deference in Financial Regulation: A Comparative EU-US Perspective” (Law and Contemporary Problems, 2026). It questions if elected lawmakers or appointed technical experts should write the markets’ rules, comparing approaches for how governments should balance the need for specialized expertise with the public’s demand for democratic accountability.
Thomas Mitchell’s “The heirs’ property field: moving from the shadows to the light to enlightened, evidence-based solutions” (Agricultural and Resource Economics Review, 2026) highlights how heirs’ property issues are better understood today as a result of growth, and provides examples of research that still needs to be conducted to develop legal reform proposals and policy solutions.
Shelly Simana authored “Relational Self-Ownership: What We Owe Each Other When Genes Are Shared” (Arizona Law Review, 2025). It questions whether genetic information should be treated as exclusively owned. It suggests that because genes are shared, individuals have ethical and legal responsibilities to contribute to a universal genetic database and warn relatives about inherited health risks.
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