Environmental Law and Governance (854M3)
Environmental Law and Governance
Module 854M3
Module details for 2024/25.
15 credits
FHEQ Level 7 (Masters)
Module Outline
This module gives students a grounding in key approaches to environmental legal regulation and governance, by looking at some key examples of legal mechanisms which illustrate these approaches. The aim is to provide students with a platform from which to better appreciate how policy ideas are translated into legal rules of various kinds, and some of the key challenges which arise.
Module learning outcomes
Identify and critically evaluate some of the central debates and tensions in environmental rights and regulation, and the role of law in shaping and addressing these.
Critically analyse the relationship between environmental decision-making and the policy objectives that it seeks to implement and critically analyse and evaluate particular legal provisions in relation to underlying policy goals.
Demonstrate a critical understanding of the particular policy challenges and legal provisions concerning the natural environment and be able to compare, contrast and assess the different approaches used.
Demonstrate their critical understanding and appreciation of environmental governance and the role that rights and regulation play within this through a short term paper
| Type | Timing | Weighting |
|---|---|---|
| Essay (3000 words) | Semester 1 Assessment Week 2 Thu 16:00 | 100.00% |
Timing
Submission deadlines may vary for different types of assignment/groups of students.
Weighting
Coursework components (if listed) total 100% of the overall coursework weighting value.
| Term | Method | Duration | Week pattern |
|---|---|---|---|
| Autumn Semester | Seminar | 2 hours | 01111011000 |
| Autumn Semester | Lecture | 1 hour | 01111011000 |
How to read the week pattern
The numbers indicate the weeks of the term and how many events take place each week.
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