Course description: Introduction to the common and statutory law and administration of environmental protection, with special emphasis on scientific and technological aspects.
This was the first law course I have taken, and it explained a lot about why environmental groups pick the battles they do and how the process works. Topics covered included:
- Tragedy of the commons
- Land and property rights
- Anglo-American legal system
- Common and statutory law
- Legislatures and statutes
- Administrative law and agencies
- Courts and common law
- Science and technology in the legal system
- Public and private law
- NEPA
- Clean Air Act
- Clean Water Act
- RCRA and CERCLA (Superfund)
- Toxic and hazardous waste
- Fracking
Course syllabus (pdf)
Topics covered (pdf)