Environmental Law (LAW-629-001)
Breen
Meets: 07:30 PM - 10:10 PM (M) - Room 501
Enrolled: 18 / Limit: 22
Notices
Our first class is Monday, August 24, from 7:30 to 10:10 pm. See below for required books and reading for the first class.
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 Toxic Substances Control 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
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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, 2015-16 Educational Edition. Publisher: West Academic (ISBN: 978-1-62810-080-8). The statute book's current edition (2015-2016) will be easiest to use. Earlier editions of the statute book beginning with 2002-2003 can also be used; the pagination and layout will be different, but the statutory provisions needed for this course have not changed. (3) The Supplemental Materials are available on the course's MyWCL page and through the law school's Copy Center.
First Class Readings
For the first class, quickly read casebook pages 64-78. Then, carefully read casebook pages 213-219 and 1074-1077, as well as the Supplemental Materials pages on the Mead case (near the front of the Supplemental Materials). Finally, quickly read the Supplemental Materials transcripts of Radio Addresses by President Clinton (November 1995) and President Bush (August 2003).