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This module will cover the law that governs protection of the environment including land use, atmospheric pollution, and protection of marine/riverine environments.

i. Knowledge and Understanding

By the end of the module, students should be able to:
a) Demonstrate a comprehensive and accurate knowledge and understanding of those areas of environmental law identified in the content summary.
b) Demonstrate a sound knowledge and critical understanding of competing ethical and social policy considerations in environmental and planning law.

ii. Skills
By the end of the module students should have developed skills in:

a) Application and problem solving
Able to apply the legal principles studied to a range of problems of significant legal complexity in relation to environmental law, and where appropriate generate alternative solutions to the problem.

b) Sources and research
Able to define issues for research, identify sources and establish a strategy for research

c) Analysis, evaluation, critical judgement and synthesis
Able to analyse problems of significant legal complexity to identify the legal principles to be applied in order to generate solutions.
Able to evaluate the merits of alternative solutions to the same problem
Able to form a critical judgement on areas of difficulty or uncertainty in the area of environmental law (e.g. competing ethical or policy perspectives giving rise to divergent arguments about environmental regulatio
n), or on proposed areas of law reform.

d) Autonomy and ability to learn
Able to demonstrate a capacity for self-directed study

e) Communication and literacy
Able to write complex prose accurately and fluently, and to speak clearly and fluently when communicating complex ideas.
Able to use legal terminology correctly.

f) Other key skills
IT — able to use electronic sources for research and to present an accurately word processed text
Team working — able to work in a group as a participant who contributes effectively to the group’s task

The Library Catalogue contains full details of the current reading list for this module. Further details may also be found in the Module Guide.