Environmental Law

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This course will cover environmental law with a primary emphasis upon relevant legal influences (common law, administrative law, international law, judicial deference, cooperative federalism, and constitutional law) on federal environmental law (RCRA, CERCLA, NEPA, ESA, Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act and environmental citizen suits). The course also will touch upon other themes and influences in environmental law - politics, environmental justice, economics, science and citizen participation - all of which tend to influence environmental decision making.