Curriculum Vitae
HOWARD A. LATIN
PROFESSOR OF LAW AND
JUSTICE JOHN J. FRANCIS SCHOLAR
Rutgers University
School of Law
123 Washington, Newark, N.J. 07102
PHONE: (212) 966-1911; (973) 353-5535; FAX: (212) 966-8803
E-MAIL: hlatin@speakeasy.net
or
latin@andromeda.rutgers.edu
EDUCATION:
J.D. 1974, Boalt Hall
School of Law, University of California at Berkeley.
B.A. 1966, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts.
ACADEMIC AND
PROFESSIONAL HONORS:
Fulbright Scholar, Faculty of Law, University of Natal at Durban,
South Africa, 1997.
Fulbright Scholar, Faculty of Law, University of New South Wales,
Kensington, Australia, 1992.
American Law Institute, Elected Member, 1992.
Advisory Panel Member, Congressional Office of Technology Assessment,
Study on Rethinking Environmental Regulation, Washington, D.C.,
September, 1993, to May, 1995.
Resident Scholar, Rockefeller Foundation's Bellagio Study Center, Lake
Como, Italy, June-July 1996.
Visitorships: Visiting Scholar, William H. Richardson School of Law,
University of Hawaii, Spring Semester, 2002; Visiting Scholar, Boalt Hall School of Law, University of
California at Berkeley, Spring Semester, 1995; Visiting Fellow,
Australian National University Faculty of Law, Canberra, August, 1992;
Visiting Professor, Georgetown University Law Center, Spring Semester,
1990; Visiting Professor, U.C.L.A. School of Law, 1988-89.
Order of the Coif.
Lead Articles Editor, California Law Review, 1973-74.
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY:
10/90-Present Professor of Law and Justice John J.
Francis Scholar, Rutgers University School of Law at Newark.
7/85--9/90 Professor of Law, Rutgers Law School.
7/78--6/85 Associate Professor of Law, Rutgers Law School.
9/76--6/78 Assistant Professor of Law, Rutgers Law School.
6/73--6/76 Project Director and Research Associate, Earl Warren
Legal Institute, University of California at Berkeley (Principal
researcher on NASA and NSF projects).
10/69--8/71 Systems Manager, Columbia University Computer Center,
New York.
2/67--9/69 Systems Programmer, I.B.M., Inc., Kingston,
New York and other locations.
PUBLICATIONS--BOOKS:
Saving Nature Despite Fools, Felons, and Experts, in progress, Summer
2003.
Environmental Law and Public Policy: Cases and Materials, 750 pp.
(Rutgers Law School Course Materials, 10th ed. 2000).
Privacy: A Selected Bibliography and Topical Index of Social Science
Materials (S. Hackensack, NJ: Fred B. Rothman & Co., 1976).
PUBLICATIONS--ARTICLES:
Bad Designs, Lethal Profits: The Duty to Protect Other Motorists Against SUV Collision Risks, in press, 82 Boston University Law Review, No. 5 (December 2002) (Co-authored with Bobby Kasolas).
Regulatory Implementation and Indeterminate Hormesis Effects, 20 Human & Experimental Toxicology 139 (2001), reprinted in Belle Newsletter of the Northeast Regional Environmental Public Health Center, University of Massachusetts, January, 2001.
Science, Regulation, and Toxic Risk Assessment, in Vlasta Molak, ed.,
Fundamentals of Risk Analysis and Risk Management 303-23 (1996).
When Drivers Sue Drivers: Exposing the Myths Underlying Automobile
Litigation, New Jersey Lawyer, Number 166, 24-31 (January 1995).
Behavioral Criticisms of the Restatement (Third) of Torts: Products
Liability, 16 Journal of Products and Toxics Liability 209-220 (1994).
Integrated Conservation Strategies: The Example of Cyanide Use for
Aquarium Fish Collection in the Philippines, ECOTECH E-Mail Conference,
UNESCO, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden (September 1994).
"Good" Warnings, Bad Products, and Cognitive Limitations, 41 U.C.L.A.
Law Review 1193-1295 (1994), reprinted in A. Bernstein, ed., A Products
Liability Anthology (1995).
Reef Conservation: Disciplinary Conflicts Between Scientists and
Policymakers, 2 Proceedings of the 7th International Coral Reef
Symposium 1101-08 (Univ. of Guam Marine Laboratory, 1993).
Why Agencies Seldom Do What Regulatory Laws Require: Some Lessons from
the Superfund Fiasco, in Gerard Rowe & Steven Seidler, eds., 3
Australian Fulbright Series, Contaminated Sites in Australia: Challenges
for Law and Public Policy 66-76 (1993).
The Preliminary Draft of a Proposed Restatement (Third) of Torts:
Products Liability--Letter to the ALI, 15 Journal of Products and Toxics
Liability 169-83 (1993).
Why Conservation by Legal Fiat Does Not Work, in Robert D. Ginsburg,
ed., Proceedings of the Colloquium on Global Aspects of Coral Reefs:
Health, Hazards and History 113-19 (Rosensteil School of Marine and
Atmospheric Science, University of Miami, 1993).
Regulatory Failure, Administrative Incentives, and the New Clean Air
Act, 21 Environmental Law 1647-1720 (1991), reprinted in Fischman,
Lipeles & Squillace, An Environmental Law Anthology (1996); reprinted in
1993 Land Use & Environment Law Review.
Environmental Law, Regulatory Implementation, and Administrative
Incentives, in M. Luria, ed., Environmental Quality and Ecosystem
Stability, Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference of the
Israel Society for Ecology & Environmental Quality Sciences 689-700
(1989).
Good Science, Bad Regulation, and Toxic Risk Assessment, 5 Yale Journal
on Regulation 89-148 (1988), reprinted in 1989 Land Use & Environment
Law Review.
Legal and Economic Considerations in the Decisions of Judge Breyer, 50
Law & Contemporary Problems 57-86 (1987).
Activity Levels, Due Care, and Selective Realism in Economic Analysis of
Tort Law, 39 Rutgers Law Review 487-514 (1987), reprinted in 1988
Personal Injury Review.
Ideal Versus Real Regulatory Efficiency: Implementation of Uniform
Standards and "Fine-Tuning" Regulatory Reforms, 37 Stanford Law Review
1267-1332 (1985); reprinted in Fischman, Lipeles &
Squillace, An Environmental Law Anthology (1996); reprinted in 1987 Land
Use & Environment Law Review.
Problem-Solving Behavior and Theories of Tort Liability, 73 California
Law Review 677-746 (1985).
The Feasibility of Occupational Health Standards: An Essay on Legal
Decisionmaking Under Uncertainty, 78 Northwestern University Law Review
583-631 (1983), reprinted in 1984 Corporate Counsel's Annual.
The "Significance" of Toxic Health Risks: An Essay on Legal
Decisionmaking Under Uncertainty, 10 Ecology Law Quarterly 339-95
(1982).
Environmental Deregulation and Consumer Decisionmaking Under
Uncertainty, 6 Harvard Environmental Law Review 187-239 (1982).
Remote Sensing Evidence and Environmental Law, 64 California Law Review
1300-1446 (1976).
Privacy From a Computer Industry Perspective, in Joseph Leininger &
Bruce Gilchrist, eds., Computers, Society and Law: The Role of Legal
Education 223-31 (1973).
CURRICULAR
SPECIALTIES:
Environmental Law lecture course
International Sustainable Development lecture course
International Environmental Law seminar
Torts lecture course and Toxic
Tort Hazards seminar
Products Liability lecture course
Law and Economics lecture course
Protection of Ocean and Coastal Resources seminar
SELECTED PROFESSIONAL
ACTIVITIES:
Founder and CEO of EcoVitality, Inc., a non-profit, 501(C)(3) tax-exempt
environmental organization established to promote ecosystem and wildlife
conservation in developing nations, New York City, March, 1998, to
present, see
www.ecovitality.org.
Speaker, "Why Environmental Agencies Seldom Do What Their Regulatory Statutes Tell Them To," Natural Resources Section of the Hawaii State Bar Association, Honolulu, Hawaii, March 2, 2002.
Speaker, "Fundamental Dilemmas of Environmental Law," Faculty Colloquium, Richardson School of Law, University of Hawaii, Manoa, Oahu, February 12, 2002.
Virtual Speech on "EcoVitality Conservation," E-Mail Network of 13 Law Schools in the U.S. and Abroad, Presented on March 29, 1999, with Student Question-Period from March 29 to April 5, 1999.
Panelist, Illinois Institute of Technology Workshop on "Genetic
Susceptibility to Environmental Exposures ," Oak Brook Hills Hotel, Oak
Brook, Illinois, November 8-11, 1998.
Speaker, "EcoVitality: How Scientists Can Support Conservation Efforts
in Developing Countries," Australian Museum, Sydney, Australia, October
20, 1998.
Speaker, "How to Make Conservation Efforts More Profitable and
Sustainable," Natal Parks Board, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa,
November 18, 1997.
Speaker, "Legal Doctrines and Human Behavior," Faculty Colloquium,
University of Natal Faculty of Law, Durban, South Africa, October 17,
1997.
Speaker, "Riding Whale Sharks: A Case Study in Marine Conservation Law,"
Oceanographic Research Institute, Durban, South Africa, July 18, 1997.
Speaker, "Implementation of Coastal Zone Management: American and
International Perspectives," 1997 South African Environmental Law
Association Annual Meeting, Drakensberg Sun Hotel, South Africa, May 2,
1997.
Speaker, "Marine Conservation and the U.N. Convention on the Law of the
Sea," University of Cape Town Law of the Sea Program, Capetown, South
Africa, April 21, 1997.
Speaker, "The Mirage of International Environmental Law and Its
Relevance for South African Environmental Protection," University of
Natal at Durban Law School, April 11, 1997.
Advisor, South Coast Alliance for Air Pollution Control, KwaZulu Natal
Province, South Africa, February-August, 1992.
Speaker and Panelist, "Lessons from the American Regulatory Experience,"
Conference on Steps for Implementing Environmental Law in South Africa,
Durban, February 17-18, 1997.
Speaker, "Making Conservation More Profitable for Developing Countries,"
Sixth International Conference of the Israel Society for Ecology &
Environmental Quality Sciences, Jerusalem, Israel, June 29, 1996.
Moderator, Program on International Environmental Law, Sixth
International Conference of the Israel Society for Ecology &
Environmental Quality Sciences, Jerusalem, Israel, June 29, 1996.
Speaker, "The Post-Sale Duty to Warn and the Restatement (Third) of
Products Liability, University of Michigan School of Law Conference on
Tort Reform and the Restatement of Torts, Ann Arbor, March 22, 1996.
Commentator, Environmental Regulation Panel, Yale Symposium on
Constructing a New Federalism: Jurisdictional Competition and
Competence, Yale Law School, New Haven, March 1-2, 1996.
Member of the Board of Directors, Conservation Network International,
Tavernier, Florida., September, 1995 to March, 1998.
Speaker, "Should the Restatement (Third) of Torts Adopt a Pure
Negligence Approach for Design Defect and Warning Defect Products
Liability Doctrines," Pfizer Lecture Debate with Professor James
Henderson, Rutgers Law School, Newark, November 16, 1995.
Speaker, "Framing the Contours of Tort Law and Tort Reform: Behavioral
Realism and Legal Incentives," Program on Tort Reform and American
Society, Rutgers University at Newark, November 15, 1995.
Participant, Members' Debate on the Proposed Restatement (Third) of
Torts: Products Liability, American Law Institute Annual Meeting,
Chicago, May 16-18, 1995.
Speaker, "The Mirage of International Environmental Law: The Role of
Ecological Economics," Department of Agricultural and Resource
Economics, University of California, May 3, 1995.
Speaker, "The Mirage of International Environmental Law," Boalt Hall
School of Law Faculty Colloquium, University of California, April 17,
1995.
Speaker, "International Environmental Law: Is It a Mirage?,"
Environmental Law Section, American Association of Law Schools Annual
Meeting, New Orleans, January 8, 1995.
Commentator, Submitted Written and Verbal Assessments of Proposed
Restatement (Third) of Torts: Products Liability, Members Consultative
Group Meeting, American Law Institute, Philadelphia, June 14, 1994.
Speaker and Panelist, "Can the Law Tell the Difference Between Good
Science and Bad Science?," Program on Law and Science, Yale Law School,
New Haven, April 25, 1994.
Panel Moderator and Speaker, American Ass'n of Law Schools Mini-Workshop
on Spreading Environmental Law Across the Curriculum, Concurrent
Sessions on Torts, Law & Economics, and Insurance Law, Orlando, January
6, 1994.
Conservation Lobbyist, founding member of the Coalition to Stop
Longlining in the Bahamas, organized by the Bahamas National Trust,
September 1993 to March 1994.
Conservation Lobbyist, Shark Specialist Group, International Union on
the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN), June 1993 to
March 1994.
Speaker, Plenary Address on "Why Conservation by Legal Fiat Does Not
Work," Colloquium and Forum on Global Aspects of Coral Reefs, rosensteil
School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, University of Miami, June 11,
1993.
Commentator on Proposed Restatement (Third) of Torts: Products
Liability, Members Consultative Group, American Law Institute, May,
1993.
Speaker, "Why International Environmental Law Is Not Working and What
Scientists Can Do About It," Australian Museum, Sydney, December 12,
1992.
Speaker, "Which Discipline Should Dominate Environmental Policy:
Science, Engineering, or Law?," University of New South Wales Institute
of Environmental Studies, Kensington, Australia, November 5, 1992.
Speaker, "New Priorities for the Living Coastal Resources Management
Committee," ASEAN Science & Technology Week Symposium, Living Coastal
Resources Project, Singapore, September 24, 1992.
Speaker, "Essential Legal and Social Requirements for Effective Marine
Resources Conservation Programs," ASEAN Science & Technology Week
Symposium, Living Coastal Resources Project, Singapore, September 23,
1992.
Speaker, "The Mirage of International Environmental Law," University of
New South Wales, Law Faculty Seminar, Kensington, Australia, September
15, 1992.
Speaker, "Conflicts Between Environmental Science and Environmental
Policy Making," University of New South Wales, Department of Biological
Science, Kensington, Australia, September 3, 1992.
Conservation Lobbyist, persuaded the Government of Western Australia to
adopt regulatory restrictions on harassment of the world's largest
concentration of whale sharks, February- December, 1992.
Speaker, Plenary Address on "Why Agencies Seldom Do What Regulatory Laws
Require: Some Lessons from the Superfund Fiasco," Fulbright Symposium:
Contaminated Sites in Australia: Challenges for Law and Public Policy,
University of New South Wales, Kensington, Australia, August 30, 1992.
Speaker, "Conservation of Whale Sharks in Australia," University of New
South Wales Department of Biological Science, Kensington, Australia,
August 25, 1992.
Visiting Fellow, Australian National University Law Faculty, Canberra,
Australia, August 1992: Lectured on (1) "The Mirage of International
Environmental Law," (2) "Eight Laws of Administrative Behavior," (3)
"Making Tort and Contract Law More Realistic: Economic and Psychological
Perspectives," and (4) "Environmental Science Versus Environmental
Policymaking."
Speaker, "Coral Reef Conservation: Disciplinary Conflicts Between
Scientists and Policymakers," Seventh International Coral Reef
Symposium, Guam, June 23d, 1992.
Speaker, "How Scientists Can Help Conserve Environmental Resources,"
Australian Museum, Sydney, Australia, June 2, 1992.
Speaker, "Products Liability and Competing Paradigms for Accident
Causation," University of Melbourne Law School, Faculty Seminar, May 6,
1992.
Speaker, "Conservation of Marine Resources," Monash University, Law
Faculty Seminar, Melbourne, Australia, May 4, 1992.
Speaker, "The Whale Sharks of Exmouth: An Example of Regulatory
Paralysis," University of Western Australia, Nedlands, Western
Australia, April 16, 1992.
Speaker, "Product Liability and Competing Paradigms for Accident
Causation," University of Western Australia, Law Faculty Seminar,
Nedlands, Western Australia, April 15, 1992.
Speaker, "Competing Paradigms for Accident Causation," University of New
South Wales, Law Faculty Seminar, Kensington, Australia, March 6, 1992.
Speaker, "Disciplinary Conflicts Between Scientific Research and
Environmental Protection," Annual Meeting of the International Society
of Reef Studies, Berkeley, California, December 15, 1991.
Speaker, "Medical Malpractice in its Social Policy Context," Grand
Rounds, Obstetrics/ Gynecology Dept., Albert Einstein Medical Center,
New York, November 26, 1991.
Speaker, "Medical Malpractice in its Social Policy Context," Grand
Rounds, Obstetrics/ Gynecology Dept., Columbia University College of
Physicians and Surgeons, New York, September 26, 1991.
Speaker, "Alternative Strategies for Air Pollution Control," Conference
on Lungs and the Air, Los Angeles, May 10, 1991.
Panelist, "Economic Incentive Programs for Air Pollution Control,"
Conference on Lungs and the Air, Los Angeles, May 10, 1991.
Speaker, "Good Product Warnings: A Behavioral and Legal Analysis,"
Georgetown University Law Center Faculty Colloquium, Washington, D.C.,
February 17, 1991.
Speaker, "Toxic Substances and the Proposed Clean Air Act Amendments,"
N.Y.U. Law School, New York, April 6, 1990.
Speaker, "Behavioral Realism Versus Ideology in the Tort Reform Debate,"
Torts Section, A.A.L.S. Conference, San Francisco, Jan. 5, 1990.
Speaker, "Regulation, Liability, and Institutional Redundancy," Case
Western Reserve Law School Faculty Colloquium, Cleveland, November 20,
1989.
Speaker, "Statutory Implementation and Administrative Incentives,"
Program for Congressional Staff Sponsored by the Administrative
Conference of the United States, The Capitol, Washington, D.C., November
15, 1989.
Speaker and Panelist, Fourth International Conference of the Israel
Society for Ecology & Environmental Quality Sciences, Jerusalem, Israel,
June 4-8, 1989.
Group Discussion Leader, American Association of Law Schools Workshop on
Teaching Torts, Washington, D.C., March, 1989.
Speaker, "The Gap Between Regulatory Law and Regulatory Implementation,"
Colloquium By and For Regulatory Analysts, Washington, D.C., February
18, 1989.
Speaker, "Legal Reliance on Good Product Warnings," U.C.L.A. Law Faculty
Colloquium, Los Angeles, February 3, 1989.
Submitted written testimony on H.R. 1115, the "Uniform Products
Liability Bill of 1988," at request of the House of Representatives
Judiciary Committee, October, 1988.
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