Module Identifier | LAM2120 | ||
Module Title | ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT: LAW & SCIENCE | ||
Academic Year | 2001/2002 | ||
Co-ordinator | Professor Lynda Warren | ||
Semester | Semester 1 | ||
Other staff | Ms Bettina Lange, Ms Francoise Jarvis | ||
Course delivery | Seminar | 2 Hours This module is taught through postgraduate seminars of one and a half hours held once a fortnight over 2 semesters. See timetable for times and rooms. Outside visits may be arranged at appropriate, convenient times during the course. | |
Assessment | Presentation | The students presentation of their work to the group in the case study session will carry 20% of the marks. | 20% |
Course work | The first piece of coursework will consist of a report of the work carried out in semester one. | 20% | |
Course work | The second piece will consist of the students individual contribution to the case study and the students report on the case study session. | 60% |
The module is designed to complement the other modules in the LLM in Environmental Law and Management. An
understanding of the political and social influences on the development of environmental law within the European Community
and in the international sphere is important for critical analysis of specific provisions. Scientific considerations in this context are
often less important but can, ultimately, determine the effectiveness of a piece of legislation such as, for example, the EC
Habitats Directive or the Convention on Biological Diversity. Nature Conservation, planning law, environmental audit and
environmental impact assessment are all, essentially, concerned with management and require the ability to consider the social,
commercial, political and scientific factors involved as a part of the process of evaluating and explaining the legal rules.
Similarly, a study of pollution law is greatly enhanced by bringing a broad, interdisciplinary approach to the analysis and,
especially, an understanding of the limitations of risk assessment and environmental evaluation.
Environmental concepts in science, social sciences and law; the nature of environmental law and its limitations; environmental
rights including human rights and rights of the environment; environmental evidence and the nature of proof in science and law.
2. Environmental Law in Context
Use of environmental information including access to, and interpretation of, environmental statistics; environmental tribunals as
a means of dispute resolution; environmental crimes and the nature of liabilities for environmental damage.
3. Environmental Management in Practice
4. Environmental Case Study
Group work on a named environmental case study to include consideration of legal, social, political and scientific factors.