Panel 4: Force Majeure or the New Normal: Disaster Planning & Management
Location
Larry Walker Room, Rusk Hall
Event Website
https://calendar.law.uga.edu/event/georgia_law_review_annual_symposium
Start Date
22-3-2024 2:15 PM
End Date
22-3-2024 3:15 PM
Description
Moderator:
- Randy Beck, Justice Thomas O. Marshall Chair of Constitutional Law, UGA School of Law
Panelists:
- John Travis Marshall, Associate Professor of Law, Georgia State University College of Law
- Tom Lininger, Orlando John & Marian H. Hollis Professor, University of Oregon School of Law
- David B. Fountain, Executive Vice President & General Counsel, Tennessee Valley Authority
This panel will discuss the inevitability and unforeseeability of natural disasters and how to protect and mitigate against them. Professor Marshall will discuss his scholarship and research into the effects of natural disasters on rural communities and the impact of gaps in disaster planning on those communities. Professor Marshall’s research has focused on disaster planning and the effects of recent disasters caused by Hurricane Michael in South Georgia and North Florida. Professor Lininger will further discuss natural disaster planning in the near and long term and advocate for less “drastic” measures in the short term. Professor Lininger will also discuss the socio-economic considerations concerning disaster planning and how decisions may disparately impact low-income individuals and households. Mr. Fountain will provide expert insight into disaster planning from the perspective of one in a government agency. Professor Beck will moderate and pose questions to the panel to guide the discussion of disaster planning in the context of climate change.
Symposium Program
GLR_Symposium_Day-of_Presentation.pptx (959 kB)
Symposium Day PowerPoint
Panel 4: Force Majeure or the New Normal: Disaster Planning & Management
Larry Walker Room, Rusk Hall
Moderator:
- Randy Beck, Justice Thomas O. Marshall Chair of Constitutional Law, UGA School of Law
Panelists:
- John Travis Marshall, Associate Professor of Law, Georgia State University College of Law
- Tom Lininger, Orlando John & Marian H. Hollis Professor, University of Oregon School of Law
- David B. Fountain, Executive Vice President & General Counsel, Tennessee Valley Authority
This panel will discuss the inevitability and unforeseeability of natural disasters and how to protect and mitigate against them. Professor Marshall will discuss his scholarship and research into the effects of natural disasters on rural communities and the impact of gaps in disaster planning on those communities. Professor Marshall’s research has focused on disaster planning and the effects of recent disasters caused by Hurricane Michael in South Georgia and North Florida. Professor Lininger will further discuss natural disaster planning in the near and long term and advocate for less “drastic” measures in the short term. Professor Lininger will also discuss the socio-economic considerations concerning disaster planning and how decisions may disparately impact low-income individuals and households. Mr. Fountain will provide expert insight into disaster planning from the perspective of one in a government agency. Professor Beck will moderate and pose questions to the panel to guide the discussion of disaster planning in the context of climate change.
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