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Apr 20, 2024
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LAW 8304 - Telecommunications Law and Policy
Credits: 3
Provides an overview of the adoption and evolution of telecommunications regulation in the United States, covering the broadcast, satellite, and cable television industries along with the wired and wireless telephony and Internet industries. Through the history of telephony regulation, students learn fundamental concepts and theory surrounding traditional rate base, rate of return regulation, the development of alternate forms of incentive regulation, and different perspectives on managing the transition from monopoly to competition. Students learn fundamental administrative law principles and gain insight into the adaptive nature of administrative regulation through its application to this technologically dynamic part of our Nation’s economy. In studying the adoption and implementation of the 1996 Federal Telecommunications Act, students also gain insight into the interaction of the legislative, administrative, and judicial branches of government. The history of telecommunications regulation exposes students to public policy issues surrounding the interaction between the competition laws administered by the Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission and public utility regulation administered by the Federal Communications Commission and State Public Utility Commissions in the United States.
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