International Environmental Law - LAW 6290

Credits Hours: 2

This course will give an overview of several areas of conventional and customary law affecting the international environment, including international environmental agreements and “soft law” documents, the role of international organizations, the practice of states, and, where appropriate, U.S. law. Students in the course will complete a rigorous research project on a particular topic of public international law, with the potential to satisfy the upper-level writing requirement.

Required: Elective
Fulfills these Designated Graduation Requirements: Upper Level Writing
Practice Area: International & Comparative Law, Environmental Law