Environmental Law.

Catalog description

This course introduces legal mechanisms, particularly in federal law, to address environmental harms such as air and water pollution, toxic substances, habitat destruction, and climate change. Topics include: the interplay federal and state law; theoretical justifications and economic theory of environmental law; structure and interpretation of complex environmental law statutes; environmental policy mechanisms and their justification; and environmental law's political economy, distributive consequences, and implicated value choices. Honors version available.