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This module examines the law (including policy and practice) which governs protection of the environment including land use, atmospheric pollution and protection of marine and riverine environments at domestic and regional levels, climate change and global warming

Introduction to environmental law including global perspectives, international law and environmental protection, and European law; Environmental Impact Assessment and Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control; climate change and global warming; atmospheric and water quality and pollution, waste management and contaminated land; conservation of nature and landscape management, town and country planning and other domestic controls and remedies

A student passing this module should be able to:

1. demonstrate comprehensive and accurate knowledge and understanding of those aspects of environmental law identified in the indicative syllabus above and form a critical judgement on areas of controversy within the topics studied;

2. demonstrate comprehensive and accurate knowledge and understanding of the social and political policy considerations which underpin the development, philosophy and processes of environmental law;

3. critically analyse complex problems in environmental law, apply the legal principles studied to these problems, evaluate competing arguments and solutions and present well supported conclusions, both orally and in writing;

4. read and study primary and secondary domestic, regional and international sources of environmental law with minimal tutor guidance; critically analyse, interpret, evaluate and synthesise information from a variety of sources;

5. identify sources for research and further develop a strategy for research using standard and electronic research tools 

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