Prereq: None directly, although completion of first year law courses is expected for second and third year elective courses.
The role of the legal system in regulating the interrelated subsystems within the physical environ- ment, including: water and air pollution, solid waste disposal, and strip mining. Emphasis on: constitu- tional limitations on the public's power to implement planning proposals; relationships between federal, state and local governments; structure of agencies regulating environmental quality; standards for admin- istrative discretion; the openness of administrative hearing procedures; and the scope of judicial review of administrative decisions.
The role of the legal system in regulating the interrelated subsystems within the physical environ- ment, including: water and air pollution, solid waste disposal, and strip mining. Emphasis on: constitu- tional limitations on the public's power to implement planning proposals; relationships between federal, state and local governments; structure of agencies regulating environmental quality; standards for admin- istrative discretion; the openness of administrative hearing procedures; and the scope of judicial review of administrative decisions.