Subjects 2008
Environmental Law 730683
- Credited Courses: Graduate Diploma in Transnational Law 333
This subject is only available to students enrolled in the programs offered by the Office of the Environment. Melbourne Law Masters students are not permitted to take this subject.
Note:
Objectives
A candidate who has successfully completed the subject should:
- Have developed an appreciation of the philosophical underpinnings of environmental law and the way in which the law understands the environment
- Have an understanding of the relationship between science and law in the environmental field, and the legal application of concepts like the precautionary principle
- Gain an understanding of State/Federal dynamics in the field of environmental regulation in Australia and a basic working knowledge of the principal federal environmental impact legislation
- Develop an appreciation of the interrelationship between national and international environmental law.
Syllabus
Principal topics will include:
- Legal understandings of the enviroment
- Science/law interactions in environmental law
- Legal regulation of the environmental impact of development
- The international dimension of environmental regulation
