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Postgraduate Course: European Environmental Law (LAWS11208)

Course Outline
SchoolSchool of Law CollegeCollege of Humanities and Social Science
Course typeStandard AvailabilityNot available to visiting students
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) Credits20
Home subject areaLaw Other subject areaNone
Course website None Taught in Gaelic?No
Course descriptionThis course aims to explore the competence of the European Community in environmental matters, focusing on the interactions between its internal and external dimensions. Students' attention will be drawn, on the one hand, to the way in which global commitments influence the development of EC environmental law, and on the other to the ways in which the EC seeks to influence the development of international environmental law and support its effective implementation within and outside its borders.

Students will examine the objectives, principles, key legal instruments and current challenges of EC environmental law, as well as selected substantive areas (biodiversity, climate change, water and waste). They will further consider the interactions between EC environmental law and other areas of EC law (fisheries, agriculture, trade and development) and the means to ensure compliance.
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Additional Costs None
Course Delivery Information
Delivery period: 2013/14 Semester 1, Not available to visiting students (SS1) Learn enabled:  No Quota:  25
Web Timetable Web Timetable
Course Start Date 16/09/2013
Breakdown of Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) Total Hours: 200 ( Seminar/Tutorial Hours 20, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 176 )
Additional Notes
Breakdown of Assessment Methods (Further Info) Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 100 %, Practical Exam 0 %
No Exam Information
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
At the end of the course students will have:

* gained an understanding of the multifaceted powers and resources of the EC in the field of environmental protection, as well as of persistent and emerging challenges in achieving sustainable development;
* developed specialist research skills to critically appraise rules, approaches and legal tools of the EC in the environmental field;
* developed awareness of the potential and actual tensions between environmental and other areas of EC law, and of the interactions between national, EC and international environmental law.
Assessment Information
80% essay; 20% written exercise
Special Arrangements
None
Additional Information
Academic description Not entered
Syllabus Not entered
Transferable skills Not entered
Reading list Not entered
Study Abroad Not entered
Study Pattern Not entered
KeywordsEnvironmental Law, EC Environmental Law, International Environmental Law
Contacts
Course organiserDr Apolline Roger
Tel:
Email: Apolline.Roger@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMr Douglas Thompson
Tel: (0131 6)50 2022
Email: D.Thompson@ed.ac.uk
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