Research Summary
Professor Hannah Wiseman is a Professor of Law, Professor and Wilson Faculty Fellow in the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences, and Institute of Energy and the Environment Co-funded Faculty Member. Professor Wiseman teaches and writes in the areas of Energy Law, Oil & Gas Law, Land Use Regulation, Environmental Law, and Administrative Law. Her work focuses on the mechanics and design of regulation and governance in these areas, including the challenges of determining appropriate governance levels, fostering effective experimentation, and addressing expansions in the scale of regulated activities. She has published articles in the NYU Law Review, Georgetown Law Journal, Duke Law Journal (co-authored), and Boston University Law Review, among others, and she is a co-author of the textbook “Energy, Economics, and the Environment” (Foundation Press) with Professors Joel Eisen, Emily Hammond, Jim Rossi, and David Spence. She is also a co-author of the book "Energy Law" (Foundation Press) with Professor Alexandra Klass and "Hydraulic Fracturing: A Guide to Environmental and Real Property Issues" (American Bar Association press) with Keith Hall.
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FARMING SOLAR ON THE MARGINS
Wiseman, H. J., Wiseman, S. R. & Wright, C., Mar 2023, In: Boston University Law Review. 103, 2, p. 525-562 38 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Grid Reliability Through Clean Energy
Klass, A., Macey, J., Welton, S. & Wiseman, H., May 2022, In: Stanford Law Review. 74, 5, p. 969-1071 103 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Regional Cooperative Federalism and the U.S. Electric Grid
Wiseman, H. J., Feb 2022, In: George Washington Law Review. 90, 1, p. 147-236 90 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Taxing local energy externalities
Wiseman, H. J., 2021, In: Notre Dame Law Review. 96, 5, p. 563-620 58 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Federalism for the worst case
Landau, D., Wiseman, H. J. & Wiseman, S. R., Mar 2020, In: Iowa Law Review. 105, 3, p. 1187-1255 69 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
Food labeling and the environment
Wiseman, S. R. & Wiseman, H. J., 2019, In: Journal of Environmental Law and Litigation. 34, 1, p. 1-23 23 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
Water Stress from High-Volume Hydraulic Fracturing Potentially Threatens Aquatic Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services in Arkansas, United States
Entrekin, S., Trainor, A., Saiers, J., Patterson, L., Maloney, K., Fargione, J., Kiesecker, J., Baruch-Mordo, S., Konschnik, K., Wiseman, H., Nicot, J. P. & Ryan, J. N., Feb 20 2018, In: Environmental Science and Technology. 52, 4, p. 2349-2358 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Constrained regulatory exit in energy law
Rossi, J. & Wiseman, H. J., May 1 2018, In: Duke Law Journal. 67, 8, p. 1677-1728 52 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Unconventional oil and gas spills: Materials, volumes, and risks to surface waters in four states of the U.S.
Maloney, K. O., Baruch-Mordo, S., Patterson, L. A., Nicot, J. P., Entrekin, S. A., Fargione, J. E., Kiesecker, J. M., Konschnik, K. E., Ryan, J. N., Trainor, A. M., Saiers, J. E. & Wiseman, H. J., Mar 1 2017, In: Science of the Total Environment. 581-582, p. 369-377 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Unconventional Oil and Gas Spills: Risks, Mitigation Priorities, and State Reporting Requirements
Patterson, L. A., Konschnik, K. E., Wiseman, H., Fargione, J., Maloney, K. O., Kiesecker, J., Nicot, J. P., Baruch-Mordo, S., Entrekin, S., Trainor, A. & Saiers, J. E., Mar 7 2017, In: Environmental Science and Technology. 51, 5, p. 2563-2573 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Regulatory triage in a volatile political era
Wiseman, H. J., 2017, In: Columbia Law Review. 117, 8, p. 240-260 21 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Disaggregating preemption in energy law
Wiseman, H. J., 2016, In: Harvard Environmental Law Review. 40, 2, p. 293-350 58 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
Regional energy governance and U.S. carbon emissions
Wiseman, H. J. & Osofsky, H. M., Apr 1 2016, In: Ecology Law Quarterly. 43, 1, p. 143-235 93 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
A market approach to regulating the energy revolution: Assurance bonds, insurance, and the certain and uncertain risks of hydraulic fracturing
Dana, D. A. & Wiseman, H. J., May 2014, In: Iowa Law Review. 99, 4, p. 1523-1593 71 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Hybrid Energy governance
Osofsky, H. M. & Wiseman, H. J., 2014, In: University of Illinois Law Review. 2014, 1, p. 1-66 66 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review