Examines a variety of current issues related to American Indian Law. The topics will change to reflect the subjects that emerge at each time that the seminar is offered. Some examples of topics considered in this seminar include legal protections for American Indian religion and culture, cultural property, Tribal law, gaming law, and Native American natural and cultural resources law. Coreq., LAWS 7725. Requisites: Requires a prerequisite or corequisite course of LAWS 7725 (prereq., minimum grade D-).
Deals with the legal status and management of resources on federal lands, including national forests, parks, and BLM lands. Explores federal law, policy, and agency practice affecting the use of mineral, timber, range, water, wildlife, and wilderness resources on public lands. Requisites: Requires prerequisite course of LAWS 6112 (minimum grade D-). Restricted to Law (LAWS) students only.
Provides in-depth study and analysis of current problems in natural resources law, using historical, literary, and scientific materials. Includes field-trip and requires additional field trip expenses. May be repeated up to 5 total credit hours. Recommended prereq., LAWS 6112 or students must have taken or be currently enrolled in any three of the following: LAWS 6002, 6112, 6302 or 7725. Requisites: Restricted to Law (LAWS) students only.
Examines the science of climate change and the broader role of science in public policymaking. Reviews the changing legal landscape to abate greenhouse gas emissions, and key issues in policy design. Reviews the Supreme Court's April 2, 2007 decision in Massachusetts v. EPA, overturning EPA's refusal to regulate greenhouse gas pollution from motor vehicle tailpipes, and the aftermath in the courts, Executive Branch and Congress. Requisites: Restricted to Law (LAWS) students only.
Provides an introduction to energy law and regulation in the United States. Covers basic principles of rate regulation and public utilities, the division of jurisdiction between federal and state governments, and the key federal statues and regulatory regimes governing natural gas, electricity, and nuclear power. Focuses on the basic federal frameworks for natural gas and electricity regulation, with an emphasis on understanding the messy and uneven transition to wholesale competition in these sectors and, in the electricity context, the experience with state restructuring and retail completion. Requisites: Restricted to Law (LAWS) students only.
Investigates the legal history and current legal status of Alaska Natives and Native Hawaiians. Addresses other current topics such as tribal water rights, tribal fishing and hunting rights, tribal justice systems, religious freedom, and tribal natural resource and environmental management. Requisites: Requires prerequisite course of LAWS 7725 (minimum grade D-). Restricted to Law (LAWS) students only.
