LAW5314 · International environmental law

Overview

This unit examines the way in which the international community tackles existing and future environmental problems including climate change, species decline, and pollution. International obligations in respect of various environmental issues will be examined, as will the way in which these obligations subsequently penetrate into the national legal order. A feature of the unit is to examine fragmentation in the law and break down the partition and explore similarities between international environmental law and other areas of the law including: finance; trade and human rights.

Offerings

Assessment

The Handbook does not list a final examination among the assessment items. That is not a guarantee there is none.

Assessment details may change. Please refer to the assessment information in Moodle closer to the start of the teaching period.

Requisites

Learning outcomes

1. Apply knowledge and understanding of international environmental law and policy to global, transboundary and domestic socio-ecological problems;
2. Analyse and synthesise complex information, problems, concepts and theories in relation to foundational aspects of public international law which underpin international environmental law, including sovereignty, jurisdiction, territory and state responsibility;
3. Plan and conduct research in international environmental law using appropriate research principle and methods; and
4. Use cognitive, technical and creative skills to generate and evaluate ideas and concepts relevant to international environmental law.

Workload

Minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit typically comprises of a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study applicable to a 6 credit point unit. Learning activities may include a combination of teacher directed learning, peer directed learning, and online engagement.

Student experience, not official rules. Nothing here changes what the Handbook says.