Postgraduate Laws programme:
Master of Laws (LLM), Postgraduate Diploma and Postgraduate Certificate
Course outline
| International environmental law |
Section A: General aspects of international environmental
law 1 |
| · Introduction |
| · Development and sources of international environmental law |
| · Jurisdictional and institutional aspects of environmental governance |
| · General principles of international environmental law |
| · Sustainable development |
Section B: General aspects of international environmental
law 2 |
| · State responsibility for environmental damage |
| · Civil liability regimes |
| · Environmental dispute resolution |
| · Human right and the environment |
| Section C: Particular subjects of international environmental law 1 |
| · Protection of the marine environment |
| · General principles of conservation and biological diversity |
| · Management of hazardous substances and wastes |
| · Climate change protection |
| · Protection of the ozone layer |
| Section D: Particular subjects of international environmental law 2 |
| · Trade and environment |
| · Financial resources, technology and intellectual property |
| · War and armed conflict in relation to the environment |
| · Nuclear energy and the environment |
| · Freshwater resources |
| · Transboundary air pollution |
| · Polar regions |
Sequence:
Section A, followed by section B, and then either section C or D. |
Textbook:
Philippe Sands, Principles of International Environmental Law 2nd ed (Cambridge: Cambridge
University Press, 2003), ISBN: 9780521521062 |
Professor Malgosia Fitzmaurice
Professor of International Law, Queen Mary, University of London. LLM study guide author: 'International environmental law'.
"I am very happy that I was able to participate in this programme. It is very important that we all have an access to learning, no matter where we live. I am particularly pleased that my contribution is on international environmental law, since the protection of the environment is a global issue in which we all have a vital interest. One of the most important aims of international environmental conventions is to protect the environment, such as climate change, the ozone layer, and biological diversity for future generations. All these issues are dealt with in this study guide, which brings closer the importance of environmental protection and clearly shows that we are involved in the ongoing process of saving our planet."
