Undergraduate Module Descriptor

LAW3016C: Legal Response to Environmental Destruction

This module descriptor refers to the 2021/2 academic year.

Module Content

Syllabus Plan

Whilst the precise content may vary from year to year, it is envisaged that the syllabus will cover all or some of the following topics:

Foundations of Environmental Law and Policy
- Values, Principles and Concepts
- Sources and Institutions
- Regulation, Compliance and Enforcement
- Public Participation and Environmental Rights

Critical Perspectives in Environmental Law and Policy
- Nature Conservation Law
- Air Pollution Regulation
- Climate Law, Policy & Justice
- Marine Governance
- Waste Management

Learning and Teaching

This table provides an overview of how your hours of study for this module are allocated:

Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities	Guided independent study	Placement / study abroad
32	118	0

...and this table provides a more detailed breakdown of the hours allocated to various study activities:

Category	Hours of study time	Description
Scheduled Learning & Teaching Activities	11	11 x 1-hour lectures
Scheduled Learning & Teaching Activities	10	5 x 2-hour tutor-led seminars
Scheduled Learning & Teaching Activities	5	5 x 1-hour student-led or facilitated team meetings
Scheduled Learning & Teaching Activities	6	Attendance at end-of-term conference
Guided Independent Study	25	General reading for the module
Guided Independent Study	40	Workshop preparation
Guided Independent Study	53	Assessment preparation

Online Resources

This module has online resources available via ELE (the Exeter Learning Environment).

http://vle.exeter.ac.uk/

Other Learning Resources

Electronic journals and databases such as EUR-Lex, West law, Lexis Nexis, Hein Online etc.

Those provided for and distributed to the students by the ESI and local environmental initiatives collaborated with.