Professor David Aiken
Water and Agricultural Law Specialist
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103 Filley Hall |
J.D. with honors, George Washington University, 1975
B.A. cum laud, Hastings College (Nebraska), 1972
Curriculum Vitae
Research Interests
- Water law and policy
- Energy law
- Environmental law and global warming
Extension Areas
- Water law
- Agricultural law
Classes
- AECN 256 and 256x - Agricultural Law
- AECN 357 and 357x - Environmental and Natural Resources Law
- AECN 456/856 and 456x/856x - Environmental Law
- AECN 457/857 and 457x/857x - Water Law
Selected Publications
- Aiken, J.D. "The Republican River: Negotiation, Arbitration, and a Federal Water Master," Cornhusker Economics (July 2008)
- Aiken, J. D. “Hydrologically-Connected Ground Water, §858 & the Spear T Decision” 84 Nebraska Law Review 962-96 (2006).
- Schroeter, J. R., A. Azzam & J. D. Aiken. “Anti-corporate Farming Laws & Industry Structure: the Case of Cattle Feeding.” 88 American Journal of Agricultural Economics 1000-1014 (2006).
- Aiken, J. D. “The Western Common Law of Tributary Ground Water: Implications for Nebraska, 83 Nebraska Law Review 541-95 (2004).
- Aiken, J. D. “Groundwater Law of the Western United States,” in B.A. Stewart & T. A. Howell (eds), Encyclopedia of Water Science (Marcel Dekker) 333-335 (2003).
- Aiken, J. D. "Surface Water Law of the Western United States," in B.A. Stewart & T. A. Howell (eds.), Encyclopedia of Water Science (Marcel Dekker) 946-949 (2003).
- Aiken, J.D. The Use of Equitable Principles to Resolve ‘New’ Western Water Disputes,” in P.
J. Longo & D. W. Yoskowitz (eds.), Water on the Great Plains: Issues & Policies (Texas Tech. Univ. Press 2002). - Aiken, J. D. “Balancing Endangered Species Protection and Irrigation Water Rights: The Platte River Cooperative Agreement, 3 Great Plains Natural Resources Journal 119-58 (1999).
- National Research Council, Valuing Ground Water: Economic Concepts and Approaches (1997) (committee member).
- Aiken, J. D., Annette Higby & Nancy Thompson, A Farmer's Handbook To Livestock Regulation in Nebraska (Center for Rural Affairs, 1994).
