Overview
Description
Examination of current federal laws, rules and regulations concerning the environment. Emphasis on court decisions and interpretations of the law. (CEE 611, NRES 612 and PSC 603E are cross-listed; credits may be earned in one of the three.)
Units
Lecture3
Catalog Details
Offering
Offered: Every Fall
Terms
fall
Related Courses
Cross Listed With NRES 612Cross Listed With PSC 603E
Attributes
Standard
Learning Outcomes
- explain the fundamentals of major environmental laws.
- communicate the principals of policy formulation, rulemaking, and the role of the courts in interpreting and enforcing these statutes.
- interpret the history of environmental law in the U.S.
- evaluate the problems which gave rise to each statute, the structure and enforcement provisions established by Congress, the role of agencies in defining and implementing the statute, and the impact of judicial decisions on the statute and its regulations.
- assess the efficacy of the respective statutes by integrating knowledge from the assigned reading and information from the internet.
- apply the knowledge gained of these environmental laws to the current discussion of climate change and how future environmental law may need to be modified to combat climate change.