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653 Environmental Law (3)

Problems in the broad area of resource development and environmental quality; public law and private law solutions; the interaction of property law and public regulation, public participation in resources; and the quality of our environment. The probable effects of present law, policies, and potential policy alternatives defined and evaluated from the viewpoint of the individual, the enterprise, and the public at large. Federal statutory responses to environmental degradation.

This is an elective course. Most, though not all, electives are offered each year. Students may expect to have at least one opportunity to subscribe to all electives at some time in their three years in the college.