Natural Resources Law & Policy

Catalog description

This two-credit course provides a general introduction to the field of natural resources law. It does so in two ways. First, it surveys the principal property, regulatory, and policy components of natural resources law, broadly construed: land, water, energy, public lands, mining, agriculture, and environmental law. Next, it places these components within several of the most important policy challenges in natural resources law: climate change; commons and common-pool resource problems; the role of the public; environmental justice; and property justice. No previous coursework is required. Graded.