LAW 7654 - Ecosystem Management Law.

2 to 3 Credit Hours

Recommended prior courses: Law 7200 (Environmental Law) and/or Law 7320 (Land Use Law)

Description
This is an elective course. Beginning in the 1970’s, the nation federalized environmental protection with a series of major pieces of legislation. Each of these laws focused on the clean up of a single environmental medium, mandating cleaner air, water, soils, etc. Increasingly, however, diverse interests from real estate financing companies to local government officials have called for an integrated approach that combines land use planning techniques and environmental law and regulation. Ecosystem Management Law will explore these laws, regulations, and techniques for environmental management. The course is thus recommended for those students who wish to position themselves for careers in real estate, land use, and environmental law.