Professor Aagaard joined the Villanova Law School faculty in 2008. His scholarship
focuses on environmental law and administrative law. His publications include: A
Functional Approach to Risks and Uncertainties under NEPA, 1 Mich. J. Envtl. & Admin.
L. (forthcoming 2012); Regulatory Overlap, Overlapping Legal Fields, and Statutory
Discontinuities, 29 Va. Envtl. L.J. 237 (2011); Environmental Harms, Use Conflicts, and
Neutral Baselines in Environmental Law, 60 Duke L.J. 1505 (2011); Environmental Law as a
Legal Field: An Inquiry in Legal Taxonomy, 95 Cornell L. Rev. 221 (2010); and Factual
Premises of Statutory Interpretation in Agency Review Cases, 77 Geo. Wash. L. Rev.
(2009). 

Prof. Aagaard received his B.A. with honors from Pomona College, his M.S. from the
University of Michigan School of Natural Resources and the Environment, and his J.D.
magna cum laude from the University of Michigan Law School. While at Michigan, he was the
Editor-in-Chief of the Michigan Law Review and an Executive Editor of the Michigan
Journal of Race & Law. Following completion of his J.D. and M.S. degrees, he clerked
for Second Circuit Judge Guido Calabresi, before joining the Environment and Natural
Resources Division of the U.S. Department of Justice as an attorney in the Appellate
Section. At the Justice Department, he briefed and argued civil and criminal cases in
federal courts of appeals in the areas of environmental law, natural resources law,
Indian law, and administrative law.

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Factual Premises of Statutory Interpretation in Agency Review Cases, George Washington Law Review (2009)

This Article examines factual premises of statutory interpretation in agency review cases, and proposes an...

 

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A Fresh Look at the Responsible Relation Doctrine, Journal of Criminal Law & Criminology (2006)

This Article suggests a rethinking of the responsible relation doctrine, which holds business officials, managers,...

 

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Note, Identifying and Valuing the Injury In Lost Chance Cases, Michigan Law Review (1998)

This Note argues that courts commonly fail to identify precisely the injury in lost chance...