INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL LAW AND POLICY

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: Declared in Law JD Course Designation: Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2025 Learning Outcomes: 1. Develop an understanding of the role of international law in protecting the global environment Audience: Graduate 2. Gain knowledge of existing international mechanisms and law in protecting different segments of the environment Audience: Graduate 3. Develop an understanding of the interdisciplinary nature of environmental protection and linkages with issues such as economic development, poverty, trade and investment, and socio-economic rights including global pandemics Audience: Graduate 4. Develop an understanding of the disproportionate impact of environmental degradation on vulnerable and marginalized communities and how these vulnerabilities intersect and compound Audience: Graduate 5. Gain knowledge of the role of sustainable development in addressing intersecting issues Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Develop an understanding of the role of international law in protecting the global environment Audience: Graduate 2. Gain knowledge of existing international mechanisms and law in protecting different segments of the environment Audience: Graduate 3. Develop an understanding of the interdisciplinary nature of environmental protection and linkages with issues such as economic development, poverty, trade and investment, and socio-economic rights including global pandemics Audience: Graduate 4. Develop an understanding of the disproportionate impact of environmental degradation on vulnerable and marginalized communities and how these vulnerabilities intersect and compound Audience: Graduate 5. Gain knowledge of the role of sustainable development in addressing intersecting issues Audience: Graduate