JJUA55140U International Environmental Law
The course offer an introduction to International Environmental Law to make students acquainted with the general features of International Environmental Law as well as more specific areas of regulation within the topic. The course is divided into two principal parts The issues encountered in the first part are principles, definitions, concepts, customary law and trends in International Law on Environmental Protection and the interaction with two other dominant international regimes – The World Trade Organization and International regimes on Law of the Sea. This part will also cover a historical introduction to the evolving regime of International Environmental law.
The issues covered in the second part are devoted to selected global and regional regulatory regimes:
- Citizens Rights to Information, Public Participation and Access to Justice – Aarhus Convention
- Human Rights and Environmental Protection
- Combat against Air Pollution, Ozone Depletion and Climate Change -
- Protection of Nature, Biodiversity and Biosafety
- Protection of the High Seas from Oil Pollution and Dumping of Pollutants
- Regulation of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Waste
- Present and explain the theoretical and
practical problems of international environmental law – Identify
complicated legal problems
- Analyse complex problems within the international
environmental law course on various relevant and professional
approaches
- Argue in favour of professional 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 concrete problems of the course
subject in a way that shows that she/he has a professional breadth
of view in relation to and knowledge about international
environmental law
- Communicate and formulate her/his knowledge and
arguments professionally and linguistically correct and in a way
that is structured and coherent
Elli Louka, International Environmental Law, Fairness,
effectiveness and world order - udgivet på Cambdrige, University
Express.
Collection of International Legal Instruments and other relevant
materials.
Required readings cover app. 500 pages.
- Category
- Hours
- Preparation
- 178,25
- Seminar
- 28
- Total
- 206,25
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- Credit
- 7,5 ECTS
- Type of assessment
- Oral examination, 20 minutesOral exam without preparation, 20 minutes
- Marking scale
- 7-point grading scale
- Censorship form
- External censorship
- Exam period
Week 43, 2017
- Re-exam
Week 4, 2017 - Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday
Course information
- Language
- English
- Course code
- JJUA55140U
- Credit
- 7,5 ECTS
- Level
- Full Degree MasterFull Degree Master choice
- Duration
- 1 semester
- Placement
- Autumn
- Schedule
- Please see timetable fot teaching time
- Continuing and further education
- Price
DKK 7.500
- Study board
- Law
Contracting department
- Law
Course Coordinators
- Peter Pagh (10-5a6f7e6f7c385a6b71724a747f7c38757f386e75)