Water Resources Directory/Education/Planning/Legal

Model Curriculum, Core Course #2:

 Institutional Considerations in Water Resources Planning  

Learning Objectives:

 * 1) To understand the law making process. The course begins with the U.S. Constitution because it is the master plan directing how the legislative, executive and judicial branches of federal and state governments must interact in creating law. The course highlights the constitutional role of each branch of the federal government, and the role of federal agencies in particular.
 * 2) To understand the particular laws governing the activities of the Corps, including enabling statutes and environmental statutes.

Subject Areas

 * sources of law
 * constitution
 * legislative branch
 * judicial branch
 * executive branch


 * legal roles of federal agencies, duties of Army Corps
 * economic evaluation of political proc.
 * water law
 * environmental law - Endangered Species Act
 * environmental law - Clean Water Act
 * public trust doctrine