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Environmental Politics and Law

Yale, , Prof. John Wargo

Updated On 02 Feb, 19

Overview

Introduction to the Course - Principles & Strategies in Environmental Law - Nuclear Experiments - Nuclear Secrecy and Ecology - Preparing for War: NEPA - Marine Food-Chains: Mercury - Site Restoration Law - Chemically Dependent Agriculture - Risk and Law: Pesticide Paradigm - Safety Claims and Free Speech: Preemption and Defamation - Air Quality Law: Margins of Safety - Vehicle Emissions and Public Transit - The Quiet Revolution in Plastics - The Tobacco Paradigm - Evolution of Tobacco Law - Land Use and Conservation Law: The Adirondack History - Property Rights and Public Lands Management - Land Use Law and Property Rights

Includes

Lecture 18: Land Use Law and Property Rights

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Lecture Details

Environmental Politics and Law (EVST 255)

The lecture addresses the issue of takings and when the government has the right to seize private property for the public good. The government is required to compensate property owners in some circumstances. Through legal cases, Professor Wargo gives some examples of when compensation is required and why takings are an important management tool for environmental managers.
Complete course materials are available at the Open Yale Courses website httpopen.yale.educourses

This course was recorded in Spring 2010.

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Sam

Excellent course helped me understand topic that i couldn't while attendinfg my college.

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Dembe

Great course. Thank you very much.

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