Vanderbilt University Law School
Michael P. Vandenbergh
Professor of Law Co-Director, Regulatory Program
Voice: (615) 322-6763
Fax: (615) 322-6631
Email: michael.vandenbergh@vanderbilt.edu
Office: Room 283
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Research Interest(s)
Environmental law; the relationship between formal legal regulation and informal social regulation; the role of private contracts in environmental governance
Education
J.D. University of Virginia
B.A. University of North Carolina
Biography
Michael Vandenbergh came to Vanderbilt after serving as a partner at Latham & Watkins in Washington, D.C., practicing environmental law. Professor Vandenbergh also served as Chief of Staff of the Environmental Protection Agency from 1993-1995 and as a law clerk to Judge Edward R. Becker of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit from 1987-1988. Professor Vandenbergh co-directs the Vanderbilt Law School Regulatory Program and leads the Vanderbilt Climate Change Research Project. His research explores the legal, economic and social influences on the environmentally significant behaviors of individuals and firms. Professor Vandenbergh teaches Environmental Law, Private Environmental Law, the Environmental Regulation Capstone Seminar, and Property. He will be visiting at the University of Chicago Law School in the fall of 2007.
Representative Publications
Articles
"Climate Change: The Equity Problem," 30 Virginia Environmental Law Journal (2007) (with Brooke Ackerly) (symposium issue)
"Legitimacy, Selectivity, and the Disunitary Executive: A Reply to Sally Katzen," 105 Michigan Law Review 1511 (2007) (with Lisa Bressman)
"The Carbon-Neutral Individual," 82 New York University Law Review (2007) (with Anne Steinemann)
"The New Wal-Mart Effect: The Role of Private Contracting in Global Governance," 54 UCLA Law Review 913 (2007)
"Inside the Administrative State: A Critical Look at the Practice of Presidential Control," 105 Michigan Law Review 1 (2006) (with Lisa Bressman)
"The Private Life of Public Law," 105 Columbia Law Review 2029 (2005)
“Order Without Social Norms: How Personal Norm Activation Can Protect the Environment,” 99 Northwestern University Law Review 1101 (2005)
"From Smokestack to SUV: The Individual as Regulated Entity in the New Era of Environmental Law," 57 Vanderbilt Law Review 515 (2004)
"Beyond Elegance: A Testable Typology of Social Norms in Corporate Environmental Compliance," 22 Stanford Environmental Law Journal 55 (2003)
Working Papers
- "Activating Norms to Change Driving Habits: An Examination of Persuasive Communication Techniques Based on the Norm Activation Model"
- "Climate Change: The China Problem"
- "Consumption and the Environment"
- "Individual CO2 Emissions: A Comparison of Calculators"
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