International Environmental Policy and Law

This course will introduce some of the principal policy and legal subject matter in this rapidly expanding area of increasing importance to the study of environmental, public health, and international law. After an introduction and overview designed to familiarize students with basic principles, the course will take up the policy and legal aspects of specific, substantive subject areas of current interest, such as the current UN negotiations on plastics; climate disruption from the "greenhouse" effect; stratospheric ozone depletion; acid rain; Antarctica; trade and the environment; exports of hazardous substances; environmental impact assessment; and bilateral issues with Canada and Mexico.