LAW 275 - Environmental Law.

An overview of the response of the American legal system to the problems of environmental disruption. The initial class sessions will be centered around a discussion of the causes and the effects of changes in environmental quality. Next, a substantial number of classes will be devoted to an analysis of the perceived failure of traditional private litigation to redress environmental grievances and the subsequent resort to legislatively created and administratively implemented regulatory schemes. In this portion of the course special emphasis will be placed on the major federal environmental statutes. Three hours. Fraley