Module LAW3142E for 2020/1
- Overview
- Aims and Learning Outcomes
- Module Content
- Indicative Reading List
- Assessment
Undergraduate Module Descriptor
LAW3142E: Introduction to Environmental Law
This module descriptor refers to the 2020/1 academic year.
Module Content
Syllabus Plan
While the module’s precise content and syllabus may vary each year, it is anticipated that it will cover the following topics :
Foundations of Environmental Law
- Definitions, History
- Values, Principles and Philosophy
- Sectors, Sources and Institutions
- Regulation, Compliance and Enforcement
Critical Perspectives in Environmental Law
- Habitat Protection and the Ecosystems Approach
- Human Rights and Environmental Law
- Earth Jurisprudence: Law, Animal, Ecology
- Marine Spatial Planning and the Future and Environmental Law
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 26.5 | 123.5 |
...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 Activities | 22 | 11 x 2 hour lectures |
| Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities | 4.5 | 3 x 1.5 hour workshops, which will involve student-led individual and group work, with guidance and intervention from a tutor |
| Guided Independent Study | 54 | General reading for the module |
| Guided independent study | 27 | Workshop Preparation |
| Guided independent study | 42.5 | Assessment Preparation |
Online Resources
This module has online resources available via ELE (the Exeter Learning Environment).
Web based and electronic resources:
Electronic journals and databases such as EUR-Lex, West law, Lexis Nexis, Hein Online etc.
WEBSITES
www.jncc.defra.gov.uk– Website of the Joint Nature Conservation Committee. This site contains extensive details of onshore and offshore areas that have been designated under European law.
Other Learning Resources
Those provided for and distributed to the students by the ESI and local environmental initiatives collaborated with.
