Spring 2009 Course Schedule

Environmental Law (LAW-629-001)
Hunter

Meets: 10:30 AM - 12:20 PM (M) - Room 503

Limit: 45

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Notices

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Description

The course provides a basic overview of US federal environmental law, which is based primarily on complex federal statutes and associated regulations. The course will also use the specific context of environmental law to expose students to different aspects of public law, including concepts of statutory interpretation, notice-and-comment rulemaking, standing, pre-emption and judicial review. The course will also explore:

  • The relationship between public environmental law and familiar common law concepts, for example nuisance, joint and several liability, and negligence, and how such concepts shape environmental statutes and regulations;
  • The role of administrative and constitutional law in shaping and enforcing the separation of powers between the three branches of government in a particular regulatory context;
  • The role of science, economics and other policy concerns in shaping public regulations in the environmental context.
  • Provide students an opportunity to struggle with difficult, some would say impenetrable, regulations, which will prepare them for other complex statutory-based courses such as tax or securities regulation available in the 2nd and 3rd years.
  • Expose students to the role of the lawyer in the entire regulatory process, from legislative drafting through administrative rulemaking through permitting, monitoring and enforcement.

Textbooks and Other Materials

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Syllabus

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