| European Community environmental law |
| Students choosing this course are expected to be, or become, familiar with the general law
and institutions of European Community law. |
| Section A: Institutional and constitutional aspects of European Community environmental
law |
| · Introduction and historical background |
| · Evolution and progress of international environmental policy |
| · Institutional structure |
| · Sources of European Community environmental law |
| · Environmental protection as an aspect of the establishment of the
European Common/ Single Market |
| · Environmental protection (in the form of sustainable development)
as a goal/ objective of European Community policy and law |
| · The role of the European Commission and the doctrine of direct
effect in the enforcement of European Community environmental law |
| · Prescription and implementation of environmental principles within
European Community environmental law. |
| Section B: Sectoral development of European Community environmental law |
| · European Community air and water pollution regimes |
| · Integrated pollution, prevention and control |
| · Waste: Definition, movement and disposal |
| · Trade in endangered species |
| · Nature conservation |
| · European Community law implementation and enforcement techniques applied to environmental protection: Environmental Impact Assessment, access to environmental information and citizen participation in environmental decision-making processes. |
| Section C: Environmental litigation |
| · Environmental litigation against the European Commission and Council |
| · Environmental litigation against Member States |
| · Transboundary environmental litigation under the 1968 Brussels
Convention and 1988 Lugano Convention |
| · Civil liability for environmental damage |
| Section D: The European Union and the environment in external relations |
· The environment in relation to other European Union policies:
competition
trade
development aid
agriculture
energy |
· Environmental law and external relations:
international conventions
international organizations
the relationship with central and eastern Europe. |
Sequence:
Section A first. |
Textbooks:
Maria Lee, EU Environmental Law: Challenges, Change and Decision-making (Oxford:
Hart Publishing, 2005), ISBN: 9781841134109 |
| Jan H. Jans and Hans B. Vedder, European Environmental Law 3rd ed (Groningen: Europa Law Publishing, 2000), ISBN: 9789076871776 |
Ludwig Krämer, Casebook on EU Environmental Law 2nd ed (Oxford: Hart Publishing, 2002),
ISBN: 9781841131726 |
| Maurice Sunkin, David Ong and Robert Wight, Sourcebook on Environmental Law 2nd ed (London: Routledge–Cavendish, 2001), ISBN: 9781859415863 |
