Environmental Law (LAW-629-001)
Barry Breen
Meets: 07:25 PM - 10:15 PM (M) - Warren - Room N101
Enrolled: 17 / Limit: 45
Notices
Assessment: In-class exam, short-answer modified open book, and class participation including regular classes and an in-class exercise near the end of the course.
Description
An overview of U.S. environmental law, including environmental planning statutes such as the National Environmental Policy Act, environmental product regulation statutes such as the Safe Drinking Water Act, pollution abatement statutes such as the Clean Air Act and Clean Water Act, and cleanup statutes such as Superfund. Domestic U.S. federal environmental statutes are the particular focus.
Textbooks and Other Materials
The textbook information on this page was provided by the instructor. Students should use this information when considering purchases from the AU Campus Store or other vendors. Students may check to determine if books are currently available for purchase online.
You need three items: (1) a casebook, (2) a statute book, and (3) supplemental materials. Details on each of the three follow. (1) The casebook is Glicksman et al., Environmental Protection: Law and Policy, 7th edition, 2015. (hardcover). Publisher: Wolters Kluwer / Aspen Casebook Series (ISBN: 978-1-4548-4935-3). Be sure to get the casebook's 7th edition. (2) The statute book is Selected Environmental Statutes, 2018-19 Educational Edition. (Publisher: West Academic). (ISBN 9781640209466). The 2017-2018 edition can also be used. (3) The 2018 Supplemental Materials, which will be available for purchase directly from the law school in printed form, and will also be posted on the course's myWCL site. The casebook and the statute book may be purchased from any source, new or used.
First Class Readings
Our first class is Monday, August 27. In the following, "read quickly" means lightly reading the indicated material, to get its general flavor and direction. A few minutes with these "read quickly" items is enough. "Read carefully" means the traditional and more thorough reading so that you are ready to discuss the material. Here is the reading assignment for the first class: (1) quickly read casebook pages 64-78; (2) carefully read casebook pages 213-219 and 1074-1077, as well as the Supplemental Materials pages on the Mead case, at pages 12-13 of the Supplemental Materials. (3) Finally, quickly read the statements by President Clinton (November 1995), President Bush (August 2003), President Obama (April 2010), and President Trump (April 2017), at pages 3-11 of the Supplemental Materials. [The Supplemental Material are posted on the class's MyWCL website.]