8773 Environmental Law (2-3)
This course covers law developed to control pollution and to protect our
country's physical environment. The course provides introductions to ecological
theories and to early common law efforts to protect the environment. But the
course mainly focuses on current environmental statues (for instance, the
Superfund Act, the Resourse Conservation and Recovery Act, the Clean Air Act,
and the Clean Water Act) and on current federal constitutional issues involving
the environment. (Priorities in this mix may vary from year to year, depending
on current events and related course offerings). Enforcement policies, citizen
activism the needs of private industry, and the administrative process are also
considered. No prerequisites.