EU and International Environmental Law (IE 5510) – 30 credits
Delivered by the Brunel Law School, in term 2 (approx 2 hrs/week for 12 weeks)
Main aims of the module:
- to study and assess foundational principles and structures underpinning environmental law at the level of the European Union as well as internationally
- to study the core issues that influence the development and application of international and EU law on the protection of the environment
- to study the impact of EU environmental law, given its special legal significance for EU Member States
Main topics of study:
- Introduction to international and EU Law
- Framework of International Environmental Law (IEL)
- Fundamental principles of IEL
- Framework and fundamental principles of EU Environmental Law (EUEL)
- Transboundary harm
- Climate Change
- Biodiversity
- Human Rights & the Environment
- Marine Pollution
Learning activities:
Lectures, seminars, presentations, provision of selected extracts from commentaries, legislative materials and/or case judgments
Students are encouraged to participate in a moot in which they will be asked to act as opposing teams of advocates in a disputed environmental law case before an international tribunal before a ‘judge’.
Assessment:
Two pieces of written coursework
