LAWS8189 Fundamentals of Environmental Law
| Offered By | Law School |
|---|---|
| Academic Career | Graduate Coursework |
| Course Subject | Laws |
| Offered in | Summer Session, 2011, Winter Session, 2011, Summer Session, 2012, and Winter Session, 2012 |
| 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 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 |
Two essay-type assessments due within two months of 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 the course materials 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 |
| 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 |
There will be no prescribed text. A brick of materials will be issued. |
| 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 |
Students must have access to the internet and email. |
| Programs | Graduate Certificate in Environmental Law, Graduate Diploma in Environmental Law, Graduate Diploma in Environmental Law, Graduate Certificate in Environmental Law, Master of Climate Change, Master of Legal Studies, Master of Environmental Law, Master of Environmental Law, Master of Legal Studies, Master of Climate Change, and Master of Environmental Management and Development |
| Other Information |
Students with an LLB from an Australian University can not take this course. Click here for fee and census date information |
| Academic Contact | Graduate Administration and Tim Bonyhady (Winter) |
The information published on the Study at ANU 2011 website applies to the 2011 academic year only. All information provided on this website replaces the information contained in the Study at ANU 2010 website.
