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| Introduction
to Environmental Regulation starts with an overview of the legal framework
for environmental regulation. This overview focuses on those aspects of
our legal system that affect or involve environmental regulation. The
class topics then turn to the specific environmental statutes that are the
source of most modern day environmental regulation. The statutes that are
media specific, such as the Clean Air Act and Clean Water Act, are covered
first. Then, the statutes that are broader in scope such as Superfund and
the National Environmental Policy Act are reviewed.
Texts for the class are the Government
Institutes Handbook of Environmental Regulation and A Civil
Action, by Jonathan Harr. Any version of the Government Institutes
Publication since 1993 would be acceptable. A Civil Action is
available in paper back. This book was the basis for the movie starring
John Travolta. As is almost always the case, the book is much better than
the movie. The book is also the true story of a toxic tort law suit that illustrates many of the topics covered in this class.
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