Summary of Week 1

• Welcome and Introduction
• Class Roster & E-mail Addresses
• Course Requirements and Outline
  - required text
  - supplemental references
  - Internet resources
  - grading policy
  - course outline: topics and hyperlinks to material
• Online Assignments

Legal and Legislative System

• Constitutional Basis
• Judiciary
  - Dual System: Federal & State
  - Criminal vs. Civil
  - Jurisdiction: personal & subject matter
  - Due Process: notice + opportunity to be heard
• Legislature
  - bicameral ie Senate + House of Representatives
  - committee system
  - How Our Laws Are Made
• Federal Register System
  - Code of Federal Regulations (CFR); Federal Register (FR); List of Sections Affected (LSA)
  The 3 Rs: Rights, Remedies, and Responsibilities

• Constitutions: U.S. & States
• Laws: Federal (Eg. Clean Water Act); State (Eg. SEQRA); Local (Eg. zoning)
• Regulations - Federal (see CFR), state (see E.g NYCRR) & local (E.g. traffic, zoning)
• Common Law (Eg. common law of nuisance)
• Court Decisions (apply common law, construe (interpret)statutory law, review rule-making process)
• Treaties (Eg. Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement)