LAW 271.71 - International Environmental Law (Spring)
Neil A.F. Popovic
This course is a seminar on the role of law in the management of international environmental problems. The course will begin with a brief introduction to public international law as it relates to the environment and a discussion of what “international environmental law” means in contemporary society. Participants in the course will study a range of environmental issues, legal sources, and institutions. The course will include consideration of international environmental treaties, the role of the International Court of Justice in identifying and establishing international environmental law, international regulation of private conduct that affects the environment, trade and the environment, international financial institutions, human rights and the environment, and the relationship between domestic and international law.
Students will examine procedural concerns, such as access to information, environmental impact assessment, and public participation, as well as substantive concerns, such as the regulation of human conduct and the protection of particular environmental resources. Grades will be based on discussion and two short papers. Prior or concurrent enrollment in International Law is recommended.
This course is a seminar on the role of law in the management of international environmental problems. The course will begin with a brief introduction to public international law as it relates to the environment and a discussion of what “international environmental law” means in contemporary society. Participants in the course will study a range of environmental issues, legal sources, and institutions. The course will include consideration of international environmental treaties, the role of the International Court of Justice in identifying and establishing international environmental law, international regulation of private conduct that affects the environment, trade and the environment, international financial institutions, human rights and the environment, and the relationship between domestic and international law.
Students will examine procedural concerns, such as access to information, environmental impact assessment, and public participation, as well as substantive concerns, such as the regulation of human conduct and the protection of particular environmental resources. Grades will be based on discussion and two short papers. Prior or concurrent enrollment in International Law is recommended.
posted by GSPP EPG at 7:47 AM
2 Comments:
Last year the class had many non-Boalt students. It provides a good broad introduction of the field of public international law, and the book is an excellent resource for international environmental law. Many students have criticized the lecture/discussion for being somewhat superficial. For example, we spent too much time answering the question "what is global warming" and not enough time rigorously exploring how international law can address it.
the subject is great; unfortunately, the class is not...lecture is just a deadpan recitation of the book. if you want to learn int'l enviro law, just read the hunter/zaelke book...don't bother with the class. keep hoping for a new professor to teach it, but we'll see if it happens.
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