Syllabus
Environmental Law Fall Semester '08
Date |
Topic
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Materials | Experts |
| Tu. Sept. 2 | Introduction: Climate Change and the Role of Environmental Law |
Download readings Portions of movie "The Eleventh Hour" |
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| Th. Sept. 4 | Part One:
Biodiversity, Adaptation, and Land Use What Are We Trying To Protect, Why, and How? |
Download readings: Main Currents
in Environmental Thought--Muir, Pinchot, Leopold, Carson Movie: The Wilderness Idea: John Muir, Gifford Pinchot, and the First Great Battle for Wilderness |
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| Tu. Sept. 9 | Price and Value: Use and Nonuse Values of the Natural World | Casebook 1-27 Discussion Problem: Renewable Energy and Hydropower |
Craig Beideman, Michael Birkby, Alexandra Buck, Thomas Callocchia, Heather Collins |
| Th. Sept. 11 | Public and Private
Domains: Who Owns the Land Common Property, Commons Tragedies, and Common Law: Economic Incentives and Social Constraints |
Casebook 27-45 | Rob Croly, Caitlin Connelley, Peter Cotter, Daniel Day, Trevor Duffy |
| Tu. Sept. 16 | Common Law 1: The Public Trust Doctrine and the Limits of Privatization | Download readings | Lucien Elliott,Anna Falicov, Mark Ferraro, Lisa Gibertoni, Frances Kabat |
| Th. Sept. 18 | Common Law 2: The Public Trust Doctrine and the Limits of Privatization | Discussion Problem: Common Law and Climate Change | Seth Kelley, Rachel Krone, Christopher Lefever, Tonya Lewis, Charles Malcomb |
| Tu. Sept. 23 | Managing Public Lands: Agencies, Stakeholders, and a Bit of Administrative Law | Presentation: Public Lands and Federal Agencies | Eddie Martin, Cathy Meyers, Mary Miner, Jeff Monaco, Richard Mullen |
| Th. Sept. 25 | Biodiversity, Property, and Endangered Species | Casebook 331-349 | Sarah Nagel, Crystal Orta, Joshua Pennel, Dominic Ricci, Kristin Schaub |
| No class--religious holiday | |||
| Th. Oct. 2 | Protecting Rare, Threatened and Endangered Species: ESA 1 | Casebook 349-368 | Matt Spencer, Charles Van Ee, John Webster, Anne Wheeler,Craig Beideman |
| Tu. Oct. 7 | Taking, Takings, and ESA 2 | Casebook 368-387 | Michael Birkby, Alexandra Buck, Tomas Callochia, Carissa Childs, Heather Collins |
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No class--religious holiday | ||
| Tu. Oct. 14 | Assessing Impacts: NEPA/SEQRA 1 | Casebook 229-255 | Rob Coly,Caitlin Connelly, Peter Cotter, Daniel Day, Trevor Duffy |
| Th. Oct. 16 | NEPA/SEQRA 2 | Casebook 255-279 | Lucien Elliott, Anna Falicov, Mark Ferraro, Lisa Gibertoni, Frances Kabat |
| Tu. Oct. 21 | NEPA/SEQRA 3 | Casebook 279-294 | Seth Kelly, Rachel Krone, Chris Lafever, Tonya Lewis, Chuck Malcomb |
| Th. Oct. 23 | NEPA/SEQRA 4 and the Possibilities of Private Stewardship | Casebook 295-323 Presentation: Climate Change, Conservation Easements, and The Nature Conservancy |
Eddie Martin, Cathy Meyers, Mary Miner, Jeff Monaco, Richard Mullen |
| Tu. Oct. 28 | Part Two:
Controlling Emission of Pollutants Pollution and Choice of Paradigms: Cost-Internalization, Ecological Integrity, Risk Assessment, and the Precautionary Principle |
Casebook 697-725 | Sarah Nagel, Crystal Orta, Josh Pennel, Dominic Ricci, Kristin Schaub |
| Th. Oct. 30 | Problems of Federalism: Who Owns Water and Air? | Casebook 83-91, 104-122, 130-134 | Matt Spencer, Charles Van Ee, John Webster, Anne Wheeler, Craig Beideman |
| Tu. Nov. 4 | Technology-Based Limits: CWA 1 | Casebook 585-594, 628-646 | Michael Birkby, Alexandra Buck, Tomas Callochia, Carissa Childs, Heather Collins |
| Th. Nov. 6 | Ambient Limits: CWA 2 | Casebook 646-663 | Rob Coly,Caitlin Connelly, Peter Cotter, Daniel Day, Trevor Duffy |
| Tu. Nov. 11 | Fitting Water into the Bigger Picture: TMDLs, 401 Certification, and Watershed Management | Casebook 663-684 | Lucien Elliott, Anna Falicov, Mark Ferraro, Lisa Gibertoni, Frances Kabat |
| Th. Nov. 13 | CAA 1 | Casebook 411-445 | Seth Kelley, Rachel Krone, Chris Lafever, Tonya Lewis, Chuck Malcomb |
| Tu. Nov. 18 | CAA 2 | Casebook 453-499 | Eddie Martin, Cathy Meyers, Mary Miner, Jeff Monaco, Richard Mullen |
| Th. Nov. 20 | CAA 3 | Casebook 525-545 | Sarah Nagel, Crystal Orta, Joshua Pennel, Dominic Ricci, Kristin Schaub |
| Tu. Nov. 25 | RCRA | Casebook 848-856, 863-871, 873-877 | Matthew Spencer, Charles Van Ee, John Webster, Anne Wheeler, Craig Beideman |
| No class--Thanksgiving | |||
| Tu. Dec. 2 | CERCLA and Brownfields | Casebook 890-97, 899-905, 909-918, 946-955 | Michael Birkby, Alexandra Buck, Tomas Callocchia, Carissa Childs, Heather Collins |
| Th. Dec. 4 | CERCLA and Brownfields | Casebook 976-981
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Rob Coly, Caitlin Connelly, Peter Cotter, Daniel Day, Trevor Duffy |