International Environmental Law in Practice
| Code | School | Level | Credits | Semesters |
| LAWW4163 | Law | 4 | 15 | Autumn UK |
- Code
- LAWW4163
- School
- Law
- Level
- 4
- Credits
- 15
- Semesters
- Autumn UK
Summary
International Environmental Law in Practice will provide a broad overview of International Environment LAW (IEL) and allow students to develop a number of research-related skill.
Thus, at the start of the course, students study the basic principles of IEL. The next block of seminars covers some major multilateral environmental agreements, primarily concerned with pollution, climate change, and biodiversity. Students will develop an in-depth knowledge of these instruments: their key mechanisms, institutional architecture, and related legal/policy frameworks. In the final set of seminars, students will apply this knowledge by researching how contemporary and emerging issues of IEL are addressed through the law. The selected topics will cut across two or more environmental treaties and so students will develop a deeper understanding about the connections between different areas of the law.
This combined approach of detailed knowledge acquisition followed by research-focused learning is an innovative approach to delivering a course on IEL. As well as being useful for students wanting to pursue a broad range of careers outside of academia (legal, public sector etc.), it will provide students intending to undertake a PhD in IEL with valuable skills and knowledge that they will need to do so.
Target Students
Available to postgraduate (LLM) students in the School of Law. Also available to Exchange students hosted by the School of Law.
Classes
This module is taught in seminar format.
Assessment
- 100% Coursework: 15 pages.
Assessed by end of autumn semester
Educational Aims
To stimulate and develop an interest in environmental issues, particularly those associated with the climate and ecological emergency; to enable students to study an increasingly important area of public international law; to develop an holistic and interdisciplinary understanding of the operation of the law; to develop a comprehensive knowledge of key international environmental agreements; to develop core research skills that will be of use in multiple career paths.Learning Outcomes
By the end of this module, students will:
- Gain an understanding of the origins of international environmental law, its sources and its core principles;
- Be able to critically analyse and evaluate treaties and related international legal documents;
- Be able to apply their knowledge of environmental agreements by comparing their approaches to key issues in environmental legal scholarship;
- Be able to devise and conduct small-scale research projects;
- Be able to present research orally and in writing, as well as individually and as part of a group.
Conveners
- Maria Paim