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Environmental Law

Course Abbreviation: 
ENVR 960
Credits: 
3
Credit Only: N Anon Gr: Y

This course introduces the basic environmental statutes of the United States and the history from which they arose. It includes a focused examination of the Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, the National Environmental Policy Act, and several other major U.S. environmental laws. It pays close attention to the regulatory tools of these statutes, cooperative federalism, the role of the federal courts, and to cost-benefit analysis in risk regulation generally.

Prerequisites: 
None
Faculty: 
Jamison E. Colburn