[Hamp-law] Two new law-related courses for Fall 2013 at Hampshire College

[Jennifer Hamilton]

Please check out these terrific new courses taught by Visiting 
Professors Kelly Bitov and Melissa Hoffer!  Both classes start this 
coming Wednesday (September 4th).

CSI 265

Environmental Human Rights in the International Legal Regime

Kelly Bitov

MW 9:00-10:20am, FPH 103

This course will explore the concept of environmental human rights, 
focusing on the environmental justice movement in the United States and 
its global linkages to environmental human rights law. Course materials 
focus on the similarities and differences between legislative, 
administrative, judicial and international organization responses to 
toxic and hazardous environmental conditions. Who has power, and how do 
those in power interface with communities most affected by environmental 
injustices? We will discuss legal concepts of "property", "fundamental 
human rights" and "justice". Readings will consist of seminal legal 
cases, primary source documents for international organizations and 
treaties, news articles, and academic analyses. Students will write one 
term paper on an environmental justice issue of their choosing, due near 
the end of the semester. The class culminates in an environmental 
justice group role-playing simulation in which students will take on 
stakeholder roles, attempt to creatively problem-solve and ultimately 
negotiate a settlement.

CSI 268

U.S. Climate Law and Policy

W 6:00pm-9:00pm, FPH 105

Melissa Hoffer

This course will provide an overview of climate science, current and 
predicted impacts of climate change, key sources of greenhouse gas 
pollution, and state and federal efforts to reduce greenhouse gas 
emissions. It will examine, in particular, the relationship of climate 
change policy and energy policy, and the social, ecological, economic, 
and humanitarian impacts of climate change. The course will review the 
primary policy tools available to governments to reduce emissions. 
Participants will develop a basic understanding of how laws have been 
developed and applied to reduce emissions. Though examples, such as 
EPA's current effort to regulate stationary sources of greenhouse gas 
emissions under the Clean Air Act, you will understand the longstanding 
tension between U.S. energy and environmental policy.


-- 
Dr. Jennifer A. Hamilton
Assistant Professor of Legal Studies and Anthropology
School of Critical Social Inquiry (formerly Social Science)
Hampshire College
FPH G-6, 893 West Street
Amherst, MA 01002
(413) 559-5677 (o)
(413) 559-5620 (f)
jhamilton at hampshire.edu
https://hampedia.org/wiki/Jennifer_Hamilton

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