University of British Columbia Faculty of Law
Energy Law
and Policy
Law 398C (Topics in Natural Resources)
Spring term 2012
Class meetings: Tuesdays & Thursdays 2:00 pm to 3:15 pm
Room 115
Note: there
will be no final exam for this course. There will be a term paper and
other non-exam components to evaluations. Please see the syllabus for details.
Professor
Shi-Ling Hsu
Email: hsu@law.ubc.ca
Phone: 604-822-2870
Office: Room 468
Reading Assignments
| Date | Topic | Readings | Commenters | Ppts |
| Jan 5 | overview | none | ||
| Jan 10 | Sources of Energy, Energy Outlook | Rossi et al 23-36, 48-50, 59 | Tim Syer | intro |
| Jan 12 | Intro to Energy Economics | TBA | Robert Sroka | |
| Jan 17 | Intro to Energy Economics | Seidenfeld 35-48 | Tim Syer | |
| Jan 19 | Concept of a Public Utility | Rossi et al 146-159, Bonbright 5-22 | Lisa Frey | |
| Jan 24 | Admin law | Kaiser & Heggie 35-91 | Jan Verspoor | |
| Jan 26 | Admin law | none -- continuation K&H 35-91 | Josh Spuyt | |
| Feb 7 | Aboriginal law | Kaiser & Heggie 249-273 | Robert Sroka | |
| Feb 9 | Aboriginal law | aboriginal rights primer | Paul Reid | |
| Feb 14 | Environmental Assessment | Hughes et al 215-237; Hsu & Elliot 498-505 | Clayton Rubinstein, Adam Freud, Paul Reid | |
| Feb 16 | Electricity, Regulation & Ratemaking | Rossi et al 638-646, 654-657, Rossi 507, Bonbright excerpt | Brendan DePoe, Anthony T., Josh Spuyt | |
| Feb 21/23 | Spring break | |||
| Feb 28 | Oil and Gas | Rossi 304-320, 432-444 | Clayton Rubinstein | |
| Mar 1 | Special Presenation on Hydraulic Fracturing by Ecojustic Lawyer Karen Campbell | |||
| Mar 6 | Oil and Gas | TBA | Jan Verspoor | |
| Mar 8 | Oil and Gas | TBA | Adam Freud, Anthony T. | |
| Mar 13 | Oil and Gas | TBA | Lisa Frey | |
| Mar 14 | Special Enbridge lecture by Karen Campbell | none | none | |
| Mar 15 | Fracking | TBA | Brendan DePoe | |
| Mar 20 | Fracking | optional docs: US frack panel rpt Delaware River Basin proposed regs Campbell_Horne BCOGC GHG_lifecycle | ||
| Mar 22 | Class presentations | Tim, Josh and Jan | ||
| Mar 27 | Class presentations | Robert, Anthony and Adam | ||
| Mar 29 | Class presentations | Brendan, Clayton | ||
| Apr 3 | Class presentations | Lisa, Paul | ||
| Apr 5 | Wrap-up, pizza |