Module LAW2016C for 2021/2
- Overview
- Aims and Learning Outcomes
- Module Content
- Indicative Reading List
- Assessment
Undergraduate Module Descriptor
LAW2016C: Environmental Regulation and Redress
This module descriptor refers to the 2021/2 academic year.
Module Aims
You will look at international contributions to UK law and policy and the important role the EU has had in setting environmental standards. You will examine how, during our membership of the EU, we have been obliged in the UK to reflect these decisions in our own legislation. You will critically reflect on the extent to which the law across the world, including indigenous laws and cultural norms might be used to embed pro-environmental behaviour and sustainability.
Various forms of redress will be considered within popular contexts in environmental law, for example climate change, air quality, biodiversity and marine pollution. You will be introduced to the difference between public law responses in the form of legislation and private law controls like negligence and private nuisance. We will also explore potential future avenues for redress as individuals for example through the expansion of the application of a human rights agenda in environmental matters, and the expansion of international criminal law in ecocide as well as considering national accountability for wrongdoing.
| On successfully completing the programme you will be able to: | |
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| Module-Specific Skills | 1. Explain and apply different types of environmental regulation 2. Identify and evaluate with minimum guidance the current content and direction of environmental law |
| Discipline-Specific Skills | 3. Identify key elements of legal problems and select appropriate methods for investigating and evaluating them 4. Construct and support an argument using legal sources |
| Personal and Key Skills | 5. Retrieve and efficiently use primary and secondary library-based and electronic resources with minimum guidance 6. Participate in discussions on a selected topic and defend an argument in similar discussions 7. Effectively interact with peers for small-group presentations and general discussion, modifying your own position where appropriate |
