Gabriel Eckstein
Professor of Law
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Courses: Water Law, Property, Environmental Law
Professor Eckstein joined the law faculty at Texas Wesleyan University School of Law in 2010. Previously, he was a law professor at Texas Tech University School of Law where he held the George W. McCleskey Chair in Water Law and directed the Texas Tech Center for Water Law & Policy. Before entering academia, Professor Eckstein served as senior counsel for CropLife America, an agrichemical trade association, working on environmental regulation and legislative matters. And before that, he worked a litigator in private practice on environmental, toxic tort and asbestos cases.
Professor Eckstein’s research focuses on water and environmental issues, at both the national and international levels, as well as the interrelationship of law and science. His recent publications have addresses climate change and global water resources and the international law of transboundary aquifers. Professor Eckstein also serves as an expert advisor and consultant on US and international environmental and water law issues and has worked with the United Nations, US Agency for International Development, World Commission on Dams, Organization of American States, International Association of Hydrogeologists, and various local water entities in the United States. Professor Eckstein also directs the Internet-based International Water Law Project and is currently on the executive board of the International Water Resources Association.
Professor Eckstein holds J.D. and LL.M. degrees from American University where he served as recent developments editor of the
American University International Law Review. He also earned an M.S. in International Affairs from Florida State University and a B.A. in Geology from Kent State University. He is admitted to the bars of New York, West Virginia and the District of Columbia.
Selected Publications
"Emerging EPA Regulation of Pharmaceuticals in the Environment," 42
Environmental Law Reporter News & Analysis 11105 (2012). [
Westlaw]
“Managing Hidden Treasures Across Frontiers: The International Law of Transboundary Aquifers,” proceedings of the UNESCO Conference: Transboundary Aquifers – Challenges and New Directions, 6-8 December 2010, Paris, France (forthcoming 2011).
“Buried Treasure or Buried Hopes?: The Status of Mexico-U.S. Transboundary Aquifers and International Law,” proceedings of the Conference: Transboundary Aquifers and International Law: The experience of the Guarani Aquifer System, 31 August 2010, University of Surrey, Guildford, U.K. (forthcoming 2011).
“The Greening of Water Law” UN Environmental Programme (forthcoming 2010).
“Water Scarcity, Conflict, and Security in a Climate Change World: Challenges and Opportunities for International Law and Policy,” 27 Wisconsin International Law Journal 409 (2010). [Hein] [LexisNexis] [Westlaw]
“Organophosphates, Friend and Foe: The Promise of Medical Monitoring for Farm Workers and Their Families,” 27 UCLA Journal of Environmental Law & Policy 39 (2009) (with Adriane Busby [formerly with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency]). [Hein] [LexisNexis] [Westlaw]
“Chapter 1: Scientific, Legal, and Ethical Foundations for Texas Water Law,” Texas Law of Water Resources 5-35 (with Amy Hardberger [Environmental Defense]) (M. Sahs, ed. 2009).
“State Practice in the Management and Allocation of Transboundary Ground Water Resources in North America,” 18 Yearbook of International Environmental Law 2007 96 (2008) (with Amy Hardberger [Environmental Defense]).
“Commentary on the U.N. International Law Commission's Draft Articles on the Law of Transboundary Aquifers,” 18 Colorado Journal of International Environmental Law and Policy 537 (2007). [Hein] [LexisNexis] [Westlaw]
“Precious, Worthless, or Incalculable: The Value and Ethic of Water,” introductory essay to Proceedings of the Symposium–Precious, Worthless, or Incalculable: The Value and Ethic of Water Vol. 1, 38 Texas Tech Law Review 963 (2006). [Hein] [LexisNexis] [Westlaw]
“A Hydrogeological Perspective of the Status of Ground Water Resources under the UN Watercourse Convention,” 30 Columbia Journal of Environmental Law 525 (2005). [Hein] [LexisNexis] [Westlaw]
View Professor Eckstein’s curriculum vitae.