Course

Legal Concepts, Research and Writing for Environmental Law - LAWS8167

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 5212 or 9212.

CSS Contribution Charge: 1 (more info)

Tuition Fee: See Tuition Fee Schedule

Further Information: See Class Timetable

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Description

The purpose of this course is to prepare non-law graduate students for adequate engagement with postgraduate studies in Environmental Law and Policy.

Main Topics
  • Concepts and issues in environmental law and policy, such as the nature, structure and development of the international and domestic environmental legal systems and of the sources of environmental law.
  • Fundamental legal concepts
  • Fundamental legal research skills
  • Fundamental legal writing skills
The course is in a blended learning format and will consist of the following interrelated components:

Intensive face-to-face seminars for each
  • Online activities and materials to be completed before and after face-to-face seminars
  • Online resources accessible to the students for the duration of their enrolment in their programs.
This course is compulsory for non-law graduates undertaking the Master of Environmental Law and Policy. Unless an exemption is granted, the student must satisfactorily complete this course within the first semester of enrolment.

For satisfactory completion, students must attempt each assessment and achieve an overall mark of 50% or more.

More information can be found on the Course Outline Website.
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