EVST 255: Environmental Politics and Law
Lecture 02 - Principles and Strategies in Environmental Law. The United States' fragmented, piecemeal approach to environmental law is presented through the cases that led to the creation of major environmental statutes such as the Clean Water Act and the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act. The variety of federal agencies and levels of government that participate in creating and implementing regulation contribute to the fragmentation of American environmental law. Environmental law seeks to balance the costs of environmental degradation with the economic benefits that companies reap. However, the uncertainty of environmental costs leads to a slow and ineffective regulation process. (from oyc.yale.edu)
| Lecture 02 - Principles and Strategies in Environmental Law |
| Time | Lecture Chapters |
| [00:00:00] | 1. A Course about Defining and Solving Problems |
| [00:04:09] | 2. The U.S.'s Fragmented Approach to Environmental Law |
| [00:09:22] | 3. The Central Questions of Environmental Law |
| [00:30:08] | 4. A Society with Elaborate Environmental Law |
| [00:37:33] | 5. Overview of Cases for the Course |
| References |
| Lecture 2 - Principles and Strategies in Environmental Law Instructor: Professor John Wargo. Resources: Lecture 2 [PDF]. Transcript [html]. Audio [mp3]. Download Video [mov]. |
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