LAW 7319 - Wildlife Law.

2 Credit Hours

Description
This is an elective course. An examination of the Federal and state legal framework dealing with wildlife. It reviews wildlife law from a variety of perspectives, including those recognizing sustainable use as a valid conservation tool and regulated hunting as a component of conservation and sound wildlife management. Selected topics include the North American Wildlife Conservation Model, the Public Trust Doctrine, the right to hunt and fish, the Federal preemption of state law, the state role in Federal lands, the Federal protection of species, and the Federal protection of wildlife habitat.