Environmental Law Seminar: Advanced International Environmental Law

The Advanced International Environmental Law Seminar meets for two hours each week, with an additional individual meeting with the instructor to be scheduled every two weeks. Through this seminar, students research the progressive development of international environmental law in specific sectors, e.g., wildlife trade, protected area management, marine fishing, forest stewardship, biodiversity, Indigenous Peoples, endangered species, pollution, ecosystem management, biodiversity and climate, among other themes. Each student will prepare a restatement of the environmental law policies adopted by the Members of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN), for a selected sector between 1948 and 2016. Draft restatements will be peer reviewed in the seminar, and critiqued as to both substance and drafting style. IUCN's research references and supporting documents will be accessed on line. Each student will prepare a short, annotated bibliography of monographs and reports that project future trends beyond 2016 for the law and policy of their chosen sector. Final revised Restatements, an explanatory explanation and the bibliography will be submitted to the IUCN (see www.IUCN.org) for debate and adoption. Students will hone their analytic, legal drafting and concise editing skills, for the synthesis of legal principles, environmental scientific findings, and applicable treaty provisions. Prerequisites: International Environmental Law or International Law, or (with the permission of the instructor) Environmental Law