Course

Climate Law - LAWS8066

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 9231 or 5231 or 9220 or 5750 or 8623 or 5499 or 7339 or 9212 or 5212.

Excluded: JURD7466

CSS Contribution Charge: 2 (more info)

Tuition Fee: See Tuition Fee Schedule

Further Information: See Class Timetable

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Description

This course examines the origins, evolution and practice of international climate change law, tracing it through to domains normally associated with private law and markets. It begins with an overview of the scientific, economic and normative debates about climate change and then examines the Australian and international legal regimes related to climate change. This includes the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, its Kyoto Protocol and more recent negotiations. It will consider the relationship between climate change and other areas of international law and policy, including forest protection and carbon trading.

The course examines ongoing debates about national emissions regulations, as well as more localised attempts to build a low emissions economy. The course will provide international comparisons to better situate Australia's legal regime.

LLM Specialisations
Corporate and Commercial Law
Corporate, Commercial and Taxation Law
Environmental Law

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