Undergraduate Module Descriptor

LAW3016C: Legal Response to Environmental Destruction

This module descriptor refers to the 2019/0 academic year.

Module Content

Syllabus Plan

While the module’s precise content may vary each year, it is envisaged that it will cover some or all of the following topics:

Introduction to international, EU and UK environmental law
Contaminated land
Climate change
Water Pollution
Waste Management
Planning
Private law
Project finance and the environment

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
22	128	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 and Teaching activity	22	11 x 2 hour lectures

Guided Independent Study	128	A variety of private study tasks directed by module leader. These tasks may include: Reading textbooks, journals and other literature Preparation for lectures by for example answering questions in advance of group discussions or preparing group presentations Preparation for and completion of examination Essay preparation: conducting research, and writing the finished product

Online Resources

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

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

Indicative Reading List

This reading list is indicative - i.e. it provides an idea of texts that may be useful to you on this module, but it is not considered to be a confirmed or compulsory reading list for this module.

Bell and McGillivray, Environmental Law, (8th Edition, 2013), Oxford
Fisher, Lange, Scotford Environmental Law: Text, Cases, and Materials (Oxford University Press, 2013)
Wolf, F and Stanley, N, Wolf and Stanley on Environmental Law, (6th edition, 2014), Routledge
Finch and Fafinski, Legal Skills, OUP (3rd Edition, 2011). The textbook explains how to find legal resources from statutes to cases and includes tips on legal writing.
Kramer, EC Environmental Law, Sweet and Maxwell (2006)
Cownie, Bradney and Burton, English Legal System in Context (5th Edition, 2010), OUP, Oxford
Partington, M, Introduction to the English Legal System (8th Edition, 2013) OUP Oxford