Environmental Law in Australia - LAWS8068

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: 2

Enrolment Requirements:

Prerequisite: Academic Program must be either 9200 or 9210 or 5740 or 9220 or 5750 or 8623 or 5499 or 7339

CSS Contribution Charge: 2 (more info)

Tuition Fee: See Tuition Fee Schedule

Further Information: See Class Timetable

Description

This course introduces the fundamental principles and concepts of Australian environmental law and policy. It provides a framework for understanding the environmental issues which humans are faced with today for managing the impact of our activities on the environment and the implications of these issues for law making and policy. Within that framework this course will cover key areas of environmental law in New South Wales and at the federal level. The course will touch on a number of cross-cutting themes that influence current debate in relation to environmental law and policy. These themes are taken up in other courses provided in the Environmental Law specialisation such as in Natural Resources Law, International Environmental Law, International Climate Law, Environmental Markets and Water Rights and Contemporary Policy.

LLM Specialisations

Corporate and Commercial Law.
Environmental Law.

Main Topics
  • Global environmental issues and the development of international environmental law
  • The common law and statute as sources of environmental law
  • Commonwealth environmental law
  • Environmental planning
  • Development control
  • Environmental assessment, enforcement and scrutiny
  • Biodiversity conservation
More information can be found on the Course Outline Website.