Module Identifier LAM5710  
Module Title AGRICULTURE, LAW AND THE ENVIRONMENT  
Academic Year 2007/2008  
Co-ordinator Mrs Marion I Arnold  
Semester Available all semesters  
Other staff Mrs Lillian Stevenson  

Brief description

This module will cover the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) and its interaction with the environment. The aims, objectives and legal structure of the CAP will be examined; as will the growing role of the Farm Structures Policy within the CAP. The module also looks at the range of agri-environment measures that exist within the CAP, particularly the agri-environment regulation 2078 of 1992. The module is also concerned with the integration of environmental concerns into market management. There will also be an examination of Agenda 2000 and its potential for reform.

Reading Lists

Books
** Recommended Text
Hawke, Neil Agri-environmental law and policy London : Cavendish 1859413196
House of Commons Environmentally sensitive areas and other schemes under the Agri-environment Regulation London : Stationery Office
McMahon, Joseph A. Law of the Common Agricultural Policy Longman 0582302943
Pearce Blueprint 3 Earthscan Publications 1853831832
Potter, Clive Against the grain CAB International 0851992285
Snyder, Francis New directions in European Community law London : Weidenfeld and Nicolson
Agrarian Land Law in the Western World CAB International 0851987273
Agriculture,Conservation and Land Use edition n.e. . Univ.Wales P. 0708312446
CAP Regimes and the European Countryside CAB International 0851993540
Nature Conservation and Countryside Law Univ.Wales P. 0708313035

Web Page/Sites
COM documents http://voyager.aber.ac.uk/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&Search_Arg=COM+documents&SL=None&Search_Code=JALL&CNT=20
Common market law reports http://voyager.aber.ac.uk/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&Search_Arg=common+market+law+reports&SL=None&Search_Code=JALL&CNT=20
DGVI Working Document VI/7655/98, Evaluation of Agri-Environment Programmes http://europa.eu.int/comm/agriculture/envir/index_en.htm
Drake Law Review http://www.inf.aber.ac.uk/academicliaison/eiaz.asp#L
European Court reports http://voyager.aber.ac.uk/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&Search_Arg=european+court+reports&SL=None&Search_Code=JALL&CNT=20
Official journal of the European Communities:L http://voyager.aber.ac.uk/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&Search_Arg=official+journal+of+the+european+communities%3A+L&SL=None&Search_Code=JALL&CNT=20
Towards Sustainable Agriculture: A Pilot Set of Indicators (Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and F http://www.defra.gov.uk/farm/sustain/pilotind.pdf
** Supplementary Text
About EUR-Lex - the portal to European Union law http://www.inf.aber.ac.uk/academicliaison/guides/eurlexhelp.asp
Help Guides for Lexis/Nexis http://www.inf.aber.ac.uk/academicliaison/guides/lexishelp.asp
Help Guides for Westlaw http://www.inf.aber.ac.uk/academicliaison/guides/westlawhelp.asp
Introduction to Information Resources for Law Distance Learners http://www.inf.aber.ac.uk/academicliaison/lawdls.asp
Locating full-text European Union case law via Lexis, Westlaw & EUR-Lex http://www.inf.aber.ac.uk/academicliaison/guides/eurocase.asp
Subject Information & Links for Law http://www.inf.aber.ac.uk/subject/law/
UWA Electronic Journals http://www.aber.ac.uk/is/ejournals/
UWA Electronic Resources http://www.inf.aber.ac.uk/academicliaison/elecinfo.asp

Notes

This module is at CQFW Level 7