LAWS8189 Fundamentals of Environmental Law

Offered By	Law
Academic Career	Graduate Coursework
Course Subject	Laws
Offered in	Summer Session, 2010, Winter Session, 2010, Summer Session, 2011, and Winter Session, 2011
Unit Value	6 units
Course Description	This course is designed to introduce students who have no legal qualifications to environmental law. In doing so, the course not only provides students with an understanding of general legal principles, methods and institutions but also provides them with a framework for understanding and analysing environmental law. This will enable them to go on and study the specialised courses offered in the environmental law stream.
Learning Outcomes	To know the origins and sources of environmental laws, and understand how and by whom environmental laws are made and interpreted. To understand the key principles of, and actors within, environmental laws. To appreciate the breadth and common features of Australian and international environmental laws. To critically analyse environmental laws within various contexts and to evaluate laws against procedural and substantive criteria. To understand the interplay between politics, policy, science and values in environmental law. To learn legal research and writing skills. To become familiar with legal referencing and be able to use the legal referencing method in the Australian Guide to Legal Citation.
Indicative Assessment	A series of short reflective assessments (due shortly after the teaching period), and one or two longer essay-type assessments (due within two months after the teaching period). Students must rely on the Approved Assessment which will be posted to the course homepage on the ANU Law website, prior to the commencement of the course.
Workload	26 Contact Hours (Intensive Delivery) Students should allocate 20 hours to read and write reflective assessments in the two weeks before the commencement of the course. Extensive research, reflective and writing work will be required after the teaching period. Students should allow at least 80 hours Click here for the 2010 timetable
Course Classification(s)	SpecialistSpecialist courses are designed for students having reached 'first degree' level of assumed knowledge, which provide for the acquisition of specialist skills; or 'second degree' and higher level of knowledge; or for transition to research training programs; or knowledge associated with professional accreditation. and TransitionalTransitional courses are designed for students from a broad range of backgrounds and learning achievements, which provide for the acquisition of generic skills; or an informed understanding of contemporary issues; or fundamental knowledge for transition to Advanced or Specialist courses.
Areas of Interest	Law
Prescribed Texts	Summer Lee Godden and Jacqueline Peel, Environmental Law: Scientific, Policy and Regulatory Dimensions (2009). Melbourne University Law Review Association Inc, Australian Guide to Legal Citation (2^nd ed, 2002). Winter - TBC
Preliminary Reading	Preliminary reading will be specified in the Course Outline, which will be posted to the course homepage on the ANU Law website before the commencement of the course.
Technology Requirements	Summer:- Students must have access to the internet and email. Class and reading materials will be posted on the internet and assessments must be submitted by email. Winter:- Students must have access to the internet and email.
Programs	Graduate Diploma in Environmental Law, Graduate Certificate in Environmental Law, Master of Legal Studies, Master of Environmental Law, and Master of Climate Change
Other Information	Students with an LLB can not take this course. Click here for fee and census date information
Academic Contact	Graduate Administration, Brad Jessup (Summer), and Tim Bonyhady (Winter)

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