Transportation Law & Policy
SLN #: 88893Course Prefix: LAW-691
Course Section: 1018
Credit Hours: 2
Instructor(s): Shill
Course Books: View List of Books
Course Description:
Transportation policy plays an outsize role in important areas of the economy and society, including housing affordability, urban vitality, public safety, and carbon emissions. Law, in turn, plays a central and underappreciated role in shaping transportation policy. This course will introduce students to the law and policy of transportation.
The course will emphasize the evolving purposes and history of transportation policy, with readings and discussion of economic, social, spatial, technical, and other factors. We will focus on surface transportation modes. Each of these modes is regulated to varying degrees by federal, state, local, and even international law in diverse fields, including local government law, land use, administrative law, environmental law, and traffic law. No background in these areas is required, only an interest in the subject and an openness to reading work from varied academic disciplines.
Additional Information:
Credit Hours: 2
Grading Option: Numeric Grade or Letter Grade Only
Graduation Writing Requirement: No
Flexible/Upper-Level Writing Requirement: Yes
Skills Requirement: No
Simulation Course: No
Experiential Learning: No
Seminar: No
Special Withdrawal Course: No
Final Exam Given: No
Paper Or In-Class Presentation: Final Paper
Attendance Policy: Per Statement Of Student Policies
Teaching Method: In Person
* The law school has a policy that is used to calculate credit hours. Please see the Statement of Student Policies.