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| Module Availability |
| Short course / Spring Semester |
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Methods of Assessment and Weighting
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Components of Assessment
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Weighting
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Coursework
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Case study critique
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100%
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| Module Overview |
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| Prerequisites/Co-requisites |
| None |
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| Module Aims |
To provide students with an understanding of the English law system, with particular relevance to environmental law. |
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| Learning Outcomes |
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On successful completion of this module, students will understand:
- legal procedures and the judicial process.
- The interaction between legal proof and scientific evidence.
- The origins and principles underpinning European and UK policy and legislation.
- The structure of the substantive environmental laws in the UK covering waste, water and atmospheric pollution.
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| Module Content |
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The civil courts: actions for damages
Judicial review;
The criminal courts: roles of evidence; prosecuting and defending environmental claims; court-room scenario;
Planning inquiries: practice and procedure; participative exercise;
Waste management law and packaging;
Water, atmospheric pollution and planning law.
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| Methods of Teaching/Learning |
Lectures, court-room scenario, discussion tutorials, mock inquiry.
Total student learning time 150 hours.
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| Selected Texts/Journals |
Recommended background reading
Principles of Environmental Law, Wolf and Stanley (Cavendish)
Environmental Law and Regulation, (McEldowney & McEldowney) Blackstone Press
Environment and the Law: McEldowney & McEldowney (Longman)
Environmental Law: Bell & McGillivray (Blackstone)
Environmental Law: Hughes (Butterworths)
Required reading
Part 1: Croner’s Environmental Management
Environmental Law and Regulation, McEldowney & McEldowney, (Blackstone Press)
Environment and the Law, McEldowney & McEldowney, (Longman) |
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| Last Updated |
24 June 2008 |
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