Course

Environmental Law - JURD7361

Faculty: Faculty of Law

School: Faculty of Law

Course Outline: See below

Campus: Sydney

Career: Postgraduate

Units of Credit: 6

EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)

Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 4

Enrolment Requirements:

Pre-requisite: 36 UOC of JURD courses for students enrolled prior to 2013. For students enrolled after 2013, pre-requisite: 72 UOC of JURD courses.

Excluded: LAWS3361, LAWS9801

CSS Contribution Charge: 2 (more info)

Tuition Fee: See Tuition Fee Schedule

Further Information: See Class Timetable

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Description

This course introduces the fundamental principles and concepts of Australian environmental law and policy. For the purposes of the course, 'environmental law' is defined to mean that area of law concerned with managing the impact of human activities on the environment. The course will explore a number of cross-cutting themes that influence current debate within environmental law and policy about the goals of ecologically sustainable development. The course will cover areas of environmental law at the federal level and at the local and state level in New South Wales. In particular, the course will provide an introduction to a range of topics, including:
  • Global environmental issues and the development of international environmental law
  • The common law and statute as sources of environmental law
  • Commonwealth, State and local responsibilities
  • Commonwealth environmental law
  • Environmental planning
  • Development control
  • Environmental assessment, enforcement and scrutiny
  • Pollution control and enforcement
  • Climate change: mitigation and adaptation
  • Protection of biodiversity
  • Native vegetation conservation
  • Mining and CSG development
  • Water law.
More information can be found on the Course Outline Website.
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