education: environmental law for scientists
spring 2004
Tuesdays and Thursdays 11-12:15, Ecology Seminar Room
Laurie Fowler, Professor
Room 23, Ecology
Phone: (w) 583-0463;
(h) 613-0181
E-mail: lfowler@uga.edu |
Jen McStotts, Graduate
assistant
Phone: (w) 743-5699
E-mail: mcstotts@uga.edu |
Course Objectives:
To introduce scientists and design professionals
to basic legal concepts and statutory principles of environmental law
with a focus on pollution control and prevention.
To provide an opportunity for applying these concepts
and principles through a service project.
Text:
Environmental Law: Examples and Explanations 2nd
Edition by Steven Ferrey, Aspen Law and
Business, 2001.
Supplemental Texts:
Foundations of Environmental Law and Policy
by Richard L. Revesz, Oxford University Press, 1997.
Understanding Environmental Administration
and Law by Susan Buck, Island Press,
1996.
Environmental Law and Policy: Nature, Law and
Society by Zygmunt J. B. Plater, Robert
H. Abrams, William Goldfarb and Robert L. Graham, West Group, 1998.
Environmental Regulation: Law, Science and
Policy by Robert V. Percival, Alan S.
Miller, Christopher H. Schroeder, and James P. Leape, Aspen Law and
Business, 2000.
Federal Environmental Law: The Users Guide,
2nd edition by Olga L. Moya and Andrew
L. Fono, West Group, 2001.
and other sources….
Grading:
30% Exam 1; 30% Exam 2 (non-cumulative); 30% service
project; 10% leading class discussion and 2 take-home exercises (maximum)
Schedule
| Date |
Topics |
| Thu 1/8 |
Introduction and Overview
|
| Tue 1/13 |
Research Skills
|
| Thu 1/15 |
Role of Risk Assessment in Federal Environmental
Law |
| Tue 1/20 |
Common Law |
| Thu 1/22 |
Common Law (includes Discussion) |
| Tue 1/27 |
Administrative Law |
| Thu 1/29 |
No Class |
| Tue 2/3 |
Administrative Law |
| Thu 2/5 |
No Class;
service project proposal* due |
| Tue 2/10 |
National Environmental
Policy Act |
| Thu 2/12 |
Other Discloser Statutes at Federal,
State and Local Level |
| Tue 2/17 |
Constitutional
Issues; abstract of service proposal
due |
| Thu 2/19 |
Constitutional Issues (includes
Discussion); take-home exam |
| Tue 2/24 |
Water Allocation |
| Thu 2/26 |
Snow Day! |
| Tue 3/2 |
Clean Water Act. Read
p. 255-279, go to http://www.cviog.uga.edu/water/
and read about
the water rights subcomittee. |
| Thu 3/4 |
Clean Water Act and Citizen Suit Enforcement.
Read p. 213 - 254. |
| Tue 3/9 |
No Class; Spring Break |
| Thu 3/11 |
No Class; Spring Break |
| Tue 3/16 |
Enforcement Issues.
|
| Thu 3/18 |
Non-point Source Water Pollution Control |
| Tue 3/23 |
Wetlands Protection |
| Thu 3/25 |
class cancelled |
| Tue 3/30 |
Clean Air Act |
| Thu 4/1 |
Management of Solid and Hazardous Wastes |
| Tue 4/6 |
Management of Solid
and Hazardous Wastes (includes take-home exercise) |
| Thu 4/8 |
Endangered Species Act |
| Tue 4/13 |
Habitat Conservation
Plans; take-home exam |
| Thu 4/15 |
Serving As An Expert Witness. Reading
(Adobe PDF) |
| Tue 4/20 |
Environmental Justice
Issues (Discussion) |
| Thu 4/22 |
The Choice of Regulatory Tools (Discussion) |
| Tue 4/27 |
Presentation of Service
Projects (afternoon and evening) |
* Limited to one page, excepting
work plan. Should include a short description of the project, a justification
(how the public will benefit from the project and how you will benefit
from doing it) and a draft work plan (major steps you'll need to take
including lit reviews, contacts, other research, drafting, presentation,
etc.). A service project should be performed for a specific client.
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