Environ Reg, Adv Topics

This research seminar will guide students in exploring important issues of environmental law and policy. In this seminar, students will learn how agencies develop and evaluate new health, safety and environmental rules and policies. Students also will explore the way the controversial regulatory proposals are debated in the news media, on interest group web sites and in Congress, and the problems that bedevil that debate. Finally, students will learn 'by doing' how to investigate the facts and law involved in major regulatory issues. Each student will choose (from an instructor-supplied menu of options) one major regulatory debate to investigate in depth. He or she will then analyze the media coverage and legislative debate over that issue, review the major allegations concerning the costs and benefits of the proposal, and investigate the facts behind the allegations. The student will then write up a report of the results of his or her investigation. Each report must be of publishable quality and will, in fact, be eligible to be published on the web site of the new Center for Regulatory Investigation. Students thus will not only learn about some of the leading regulatory debates of the modern era, they will become significant participants in them. Upperclass writing credit available for this course. Prerequisites: completion of, or enrollment in, environmental or administrative law. Enrollment is limited to 10 students.

Course Schedule

  • Date: Tuesday 10:00-12:00AM
  • Location:

Course Information

  • Catalog number-Section number: 729-01
  • Course Type: Seminar
  • Prerequisites: May Satisfy Writing Req.
  • Credits (min/max): 3/3
  • Notes: Course Meets in Starr 112
  • Subjects:

Enrollment

  • Enrollment status: Open
  • Current enrollment/capacity: 3/18
  • Reserve population/capacity: 0/0
  • Waitlist enrollment/capacity: 0/20

Grading

  • Grade basis: Graded
  • Satisifies Writing Requirement: UCWR
  • Exam type: NO EXAM