JJUA14229U EU-Environmental Law

Volume 2013/2014
Education
Master Level
Content
The importance and influence of EU-environmental Law has increased substantially during the last two decades. Sustainable development and environmental protection are parts of the overall Community policy. More than 300 pieces of legislation on environment have been adopted, and more than 300 cases have been reported from the European Court of Justice. The objective of this course is to offer an introduction and to acquaint students with this comprehensive field of law.

The first part of the course will focus on four subjects: The legal implications of environmental principles, the relation between free trade and environmental protection, the division of competences and citizens right. The second part of the course will concentrate on selected subjects including environmental impact assessment, access to justice, air- and water pollution, nature conservation, waste legislation and community legislation on chemicals.
Learning Outcome
- Present and explain the theoretical and practical problems of EU Environmental Law
- Identify complicated legal problems
- Analyse complex problems related to EU Environmental Law based on various relevant and professional reasoned approaches
- Argue in favour of professionally reasoned solutions, make a critical weighing of the relevant arguments and make a reasoned choice in relation to theoretical and practical solutions
- Put into perspective the specific problems of EU Environmental Law in a way that demonstrates a professional overview and insight in the part of EU Environmental Law covered by the course
- Communicate and formulate knowledge and arguments professionally and linguistically correct and in a structured and coherent way.
Literature
  • Jan Jans: European environmental law : after Lisbon / Jan H. Jans & Hans H.B. Vedder, 2012.

Supplementary readings:

  • A collection of directives, regulations and court cases.
Students must have reasonable knowledge of English to discuss and write, but it need not to be perfect.
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  • Category
  • Hours
  • Lectures
  • 34
  • Total
  • 34
Credit
10 ECTS
Type of assessment
Oral examination, 20 min
Marking scale
7-point grading scale
Censorship form
External censorship
Exam period
Autumn: 16. - 20. December 2013 (preliminary dates) Spring: 16. - 20. June 2014 (preliminary dates)