Legal Research Guides by Course - Environmental Law
Course Description
This course covers various aspects of the interrelated legal, economic, and technological problems of environmental quality control. An overview of federal law’s response to air and water pollution, waste management issues, and natural resources conservation is provided. (2 credits)
Faculty Who Teach This Course
- Kevin J. Garber, Esq. (adjunct professor)
- Jean Mosites, Esq. (adjunct professor)
Subject Covered Presently in Collection by:
Print Collection
KF869.5.E54 Environmental Protection Agency – Government Contracts
KF1298-KF1299 Torts - Environmental Damages
KF3775-KF3776 Environmental Law – General
KF3786-KF3794 Water Pollution
KF3812 Air Pollution
KF3975-KF3977 Fire Prevention and Control
KF4987.E57 Congress – Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works
KF5505-KF5510 Conservation of Natural Resources
KF5551-KF5590 Water Resources – Watersheds, Rivers, Lakes, Water Courses
KF5594 Weather Control
KF5630-KF5638 National Preserves
KF5640-KF5645 Wildlife Protection
KFP354-KFP359 Pennsylvania Environmental Pollution Law
KFP381 Pennsylvania Fire Prevention
KFP443 Pennsylvania Conservation Laws
KFP446-KFP449 Pennsylvania Water Resources – Watersheds, Rivers, Lakes, Water Courses
KFP449.5 Pennsylvania Weather Control
KFP451-KFP453 Pennsylvania Public Land Law
Legal Research Databases
- Bloomberg BNA Online - Environment & Safety Library
- CCH Library - Intelliconnect - Environmental Compliance
- Westlaw and Lexis
- Legal Scholarship Network
- CALI - Environmental Law
- Hein Online
- Environmental Law (LII) - http://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/environmental_law
- Environmental Law - Environmental & Natural Resources Law (hg.org) - http://www.hg.org/environ.html
- Environmental Law Institute - http://www.eli.org/
- Environmental Resource Center - http://www.ercweb.com/home/
- Natural Resources Law (hg.org) - http://www.hg.org/natres.html
- Water Law (hg.org) - http://www.hg.org/water-law.html
- Clean Water Act (LII) - http://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/clean_water_act_cwa
- Clean Air Act (LII) - http://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/clean_air_act_caa
- Environmental Protection Agency - http://www.epa.gov/
- Natural Resources Defense Council - http://www.nrdc.org/
- Clean Air Council - http://www.cleanair.org/
- Pittsburgh Green Story (story of the transformation of Pittsburgh) - http://www.pittsburghgreenstory.org/html/index.html
Gumberg Databases
- Ebrary (search environmental law) - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/duquesne/search.action?adv.x=1&p00=k1&f00=lccn&p00_upper=kzd5681&p01=environmental+law&f01=subject
- CQ Researcher plus Archive (search environmental law) - http://library.cqpress.com.authenticate.library.duq.edu/cqresearcher/search.php?PHPSESSID=t9t39lcr9sv38nptouuuobamu4&fulltext=environmental+law&action=newsearch&sort=custom%3Asorthitsrank%2Cd
DCLI Webpage Links
- Primary Legal Research: Case Law, Statutory Law, Administrative Law (contains quick links to our federal and state statutes, our federal and state administrative codes, and federal and state case law)
- Legal Research Guides: Environmental Law
rev. 10/22/2012
Patricia Horvath