2018/19 Undergraduate Module Catalogue

LAW3132 Law and the Environment II: Governing the Environment

10 creditsClass Size: 65

Module manager: Dr Carrie Bradshaw
Email: C.J.Bradshaw@leeds.ac.uk

Taught: Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) View Timetable

Year running 2018/19

Module replaces

LAW3135 Law and the Environment II

This module is approved as a discovery module

Module summary

Environmental problems – a warming planet, growing rubbish piles, the destruction of habitats – are amongst the most complex faced by today’s societies. These problems also pose multiple challenges for legal control and regulation. Ecosystems are understood only subject to significant scientific uncertainty, whereas environmental impacts cross jurisdictional and disciplinary boundaries. How does the law respond to these challenges? This module explores the struggle to tackle environmental problems against a backdrop of the UK’s forthcoming departure from the EU.

Objectives

By the end of this module, students should be able to demonstrate an understanding and critical awareness of the nature of global environmental problems, and the challenges they pose for law and regulation in the UK given imminent Brexit.

Learning outcomes
By the end of the module, students should be able to:

Understand and evaluate the nature of environmental problems and the challenges they pose for law, regulation and the UK’s legal architecture post-Brexit.

Understand and evaluate the role of EU and national and devolved jurisdictions and a variety of governmental and non-governmental actors in addressing environmental problems and the development of environmental law.

Understand and analyse the application of regulatory and institutional challenges in relation to a range of specific environmental problems such as climate change, waste, and nature conservation.

Syllabus

Indicative topics include: understanding environmental problems; environmental legal cultures; regulatory strategy for the environment; environmental governance; the environment and the courts; together with coverage of sectoral areas of environmental law, such as climate change; waste; nature conservation and planning (e.g. windfarms and fracking).

Teaching methods

Delivery type	Number	Length hours	Student hours
Lecture	14	1.00	14.00
Seminar	4	1.00	4.00
Private study hours			82.00
Total Contact hours			18.00
Total hours (100hr per 10 credits)			100.00

Private study

Seminar preparation: 14
Required reading before lectures: 35
Assessment: 30

Opportunities for Formative Feedback

Participatory interactions in lectures and seminars.

Methods of assessment

Coursework

Assessment type	Notes	% of formal assessment
Essay	1 x 3,000 word essay	100.00
Total percentage (Assessment Coursework)		100.00

Normally resits will be assessed by the same methodology as the first attempt, unless otherwise stated

Reading list

The reading list is available from the Library website

Last updated: 14/12/2018

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