This course examines Lebanese and
Comparative Environmental Law and serves
as a useful introduction both to the particular
complexities of Environmental Law and to
the skills necessary in mastering any complex
area of regulation. The first part of the course
considers the character of environmental
disputes, the problems inherent in fashioning
legal rules for their resolution, and the history
of the emergence of modern comparative
Environmental Law. The second part of the
course reviews several specific Lebanese and
comparative environmental statutes. All the
statutes serve as illustrations of the different
regulatory approaches to environmental
problems: command and control, information
disclosure, and market-based instruments.
Language of Instruction: English (legal terms,
however, are also given in Arabic and French).