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Technology, Law, and the Working Environment

3-0-6 units · Graduate

See description under subject IDS.436[J] .

Spring 2006

Topics

  • The Nature of the Harm and Options for Regulatory Intervention
  • Administrative Law
  • Risk Assessment
  • Regulation of Labor-Management Relations Under the NLRA
  • Toxics Information Transfer in the Workplace
  • Economic Issues in Occupational Health and Safety
  • Retaliatory Employment Practices
  • The Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970
  • The Toxic Substances Control Act of 1976
  • Biotechnology: Biogenetic Monitoring
  • Consumer and Workplace Products
  • Compensation for Exposure to Toxic Substances
  • Pollution Prevention/Toxics Use Reduction and Primary Accident Prevention

Readings

  • Chapters in a published textbook, referred to as ‘ Text ’ which is Ashford, Nicholas A., and Charles C. Caldart. Technology, Law and the Working Environment . Revised ed. Washington, DC: Island Press, 1996. ISBN: 9781559634465.
    Listed reading
  • ‘ Galleys ’ from chapters in a soon-to-be-published textbook by Ashford, Nicholas A., and Charles C. Caldart. Environmental Law, Policy, and Economics . (Forthcoming 2007)
    Listed reading
  • SES #: 1 · Topics: The Nature of the Harm and Options for Regulatory Intervention · READINGS: Galleys of “Nature and Assessment of the Harm.” Chapter 2 in Environmental Law, Policy, and Economics . Forthcoming 2007. Read sections A through C.
    Reading assignment
  • SES #: 2 · Topics: Administrative Law · READINGS: Text: Chapter 2, plus section I.C. of the Hodgson case in Chapter 3, pp. 107-110.
    Reading assignment
  • SES #: 3 · Topics: Risk Assessment · READINGS: Galleys: Chapter 2. Read sections D and E.
    Reading assignment
  • SES #: 4 · Topics: Regulation of Labor-Management Relations Under the NLRA · READINGS: Text: Chapter 6.
    Reading assignment
  • SES #: 5 · Topics: Toxics Information Transfer in the Workplace · READINGS: Text: Chapter 7.
    Reading assignment
  • SES #: 6 · Topics: Economic Issues in Occupational Health and Safety · READINGS: Text: Chapter 5.
    Reading assignment
  • SES #: 7 · Topics: Retaliatory Employment Practices · READINGS: Text: Chapter 8.
    Reading assignment
  • SES #: 8 · Topics: The Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 · READINGS: Text: Chapter 3, pp. 91-147, 160-173, and 183-191. Also read Sections 1 through 6, 11, and 13 of the OSHAct.
    Reading assignment
  • SES #: 9 · Topics: The Toxic Substances Control Act of 1976 · READINGS: Text: Chapter 4, pp. 193-228. Also read Sections 1 through 7, and 19 through 21, of TSCA.
    Reading assignment
  • SES #: 10 · Topics: Biotechnology: Biogenetic Monitoring · READINGS: Text: “Exclusion from The Workplace Because of Presumed Sensitivity To Workplace Hazards.” Chapter 8, pp. 425-446.
    Reading assignment
  • SES #: 11 · Topics: Consumer and Workplace Products · READINGS: Text: “Suits Against Manufacturers.” Chapter 9, pp. 469-478 and “Indoor Air.” Chapter 10, pp. 528-530.
    Reading assignment
  • SES #: 12 · Topics: Compensation for Exposure to Toxic Substances · READINGS: Text: Chapter 9, pp. 447-469 and 478-500.
    Reading assignment
  • SES #: 13 · Topics: Pollution Prevention/Toxics Use Reduction and Primary Accident Prevention · READINGS: Galleys: Chapter 12.
    Reading assignment

Prerequisites & course information

Same subject as IDS.436[J] Subject meets with 1.802[J] , 1.812[J] , 11.022[J] , 11.631[J] , IDS.061[J] , IDS.541[J] Prereq: Permission of instructor G (Spring) Not offered regularly; consult department 3-0-6 units

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