SSI1 168 | Climate Change and the Law

This course explores how the law has been used or could possibly be used to address the issue of climate change and its environmental and societal consequences. Focus is primarily on state and federal domestic law, but international agreements and aspirations, and foreign domestic laws are also considered. Students examine questions about climate change and law, such as: Is law an appropriate vehicle to address climate change? What are the limits of law in this area? To what extent should responsibility for climate change be sought, assigned, or penalized? How might law be used to cultivate a climate recovery? Students will examine these questions from a legal perspective, by reading, discussing, writing, and critiquing. Students are also responsible for presenting their work at the end of the semester. Affiliate school: School of Business.