David
Takacs
Professor of Law
- Office 329-200
- Email Address takacsd@uchastings.edu
- Telephone (415) 565-4845
Biography
Professor David Takacs is a proud UC Hastings alumnus. He also holds an LL.M. from the School of Oriental & African Studies at the University of London, and a B.S. (Biology), M.A., and Ph.D. (Science & Technology Studies) from Cornell University.
He has been a consultant for international NGOs and US government agencies, analyzing legal and policy issues pertaining to REDD (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation) and global climate change. His scholarly work addresses carbon offsetting, biodiversity conservation law, and the human right to water. He is the author of The Idea of Biodiversity (Johns Hopkins U. Press). In 2017, he received the Rutter Award for Outstanding Teaching at UC Hastings.
Before his legal career, David was a professor in Earth Systems Science & Policy at CSU Monterey Bay, a lecturer in the John S. Knight Writing Program at Cornell, and a Peace Corps Forestry Volunteer in Senegal.
Expertise
Education
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University of California Hastings College of the Law
J.D., Law
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University of London, School of Oriental and African Studies
LL.M., International Law
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Cornell University
Ph.D., Science & Technology Studies
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Cornell University
M.A., History and Philosophy of Science
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Cornell University
B.S., Biology
Selected Scholarship
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Are Koalas Fungible: Biodiversity Offsetting and the Law 2017
N.Y.U Environmental Law Journal
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South Africa and the Human Right to Water: Equity, Ecology, and the Public Trust Doctrine 2016
Berkeley Journal of International Law
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A Response to the IPCC Fifth Assessment 2015
Environmental Law Reporter
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Environmental Democracy and Forest Carbon (REDD+) 2014
Environmental Law
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Protecting Your Environment, Exacerbating Injustice: Avoiding 'Mandate Havens' 2014
Duke Environmental Law & Policy Forum
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Forest Carbon (Redd +), Repairing International Trust, and Reciprocal Contractual Sovereignty 2013
Vermont Law Review
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Forest Carbon: Law and Property Rights 2009
Conservation International