International Aspects of Environmental Law
| Degree programme | Environment and Engineering |
| Subject area | Engineering Technology |
| Type of degree | Bachelor Full-time Winter Semester 2024 |
| Course unit title | International Aspects of Environmental Law |
| Course unit code | 086011050302 |
| Language of instruction | English |
| Type of course unit (compulsory, optional) | Compulsory |
| Teaching hours per week | 1 |
| Year of study | 2024 |
| Level of the course / module according to the curriculum | |
| Number of ECTS credits allocated | 2 |
| Name of lecturer(s) | Christina LINDNER |
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This course focuses on the in-depth treatment of selected chapters from international and European environmental law:
- International climate and environmental agreements
- European and national regulatory framework
- EU directives and regulations for climate and environmental protection
The course imparts professional and methodological skills (F/M), with a focus on international environmental law, in particular international climate protection agreements as well as environmental legislation at European level. The students
- know selected international agreements on environmental and climate protection
- know the main features of the history of European and international environmental law and can explain its systematic approach
- are familiar with the process of legislation at the European level
- have an in-depth insight into selected aspects of European environmental legislation
- Lecture with integrated exercises
- Case studies, presentation and interactive legal debates
- Evaluation of the completed exercises (in class, 20%),
- Oral final exam (40%) and
- Oral presentations by the students together with a written summary (40%)
For a positive grade, a minimum of 50% of the possible points must be achieved across all parts of the examination.
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- Internationales Umweltrecht, Alexander Proelss (Hrsg), 2. Auflage 2022 (ISBN 978-3-11-071191-2)
- Internationales Umweltrecht, Hans-Georg Dederer, 2023 (ISBN 9783811440203)
- Rechtsquellen Umweltrecht, Schriftenreihe Umweltrecht und Umwelttechnikrecht Band 5, Rainer Weiss, 2022 (ISBN 978-3-99113-771-9)
- Kodex EU-Umweltrecht 2023, Doralt (Hrsg.), 2022 (ISBN 9783700781196)
- Research Handbook on International Environmental Law, Malgosia Fitzmaurice/ Panos Merkouris/Agnes Rydberg, 2021 (ISBN 978 1 78643 970 3)
- Principles of International Environmental Law, Philippe Sands, Jacqueline Peel, 4. Auflage 2018 (Cambridge University Press; ISBN-10 1108431127, ISBN-13 9781108431125)
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