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Postgraduate Course: European Environmental Law (LAWS11208)

Course Outline
SchoolSchool of Law CollegeCollege of Humanities and Social Science
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) AvailabilityNot available to visiting students
SCQF Credits20 ECTS Credits10
SummaryThis 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.
Course description Not entered
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Additional Costs None
Course Delivery Information
Academic year 2014/15, Not available to visiting students (SS1) Quota:  25
Course Start Semester 1
Timetable Timetable
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 )
Assessment (Further Info) Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 100 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment) 80% essay; 20% written exercise
Feedback Not entered
No Exam Information
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.
Reading List
None
Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills Not entered
KeywordsEnvironmental Law, EC Environmental Law, International Environmental Law
Contacts
Course organiserDr Apolline Roger
Tel:
Email: Apolline.Roger@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMs Ginny Spencer
Tel: (0131 6)51 4246
Email: Ginny.Spencer@ed.ac.uk
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