Description
The subject introduces students to the fundamentals of the study of law and of the nature of international, national and state environmental law. The subject then examines the application of environmental law in Australia as an instrument for enforcing environmental regulation, promoting ecologically sustainable development, resource management and planning, heritage … For more content click the Read More button below.
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Text Requisites
Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of this subject, graduates will be able to:
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To enable students to develop an understanding of the architecture of environmental law systems and of the nature and form of norms and principles of international, Australian federal and selected state environmental laws and policies
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To provide students with a basic introduction to legal source materials, modes of legal reasoning, legal terminology and concepts and categories of law
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To enable students to analyse and critique environmental law and policy in the context of the contemporary global and local environmental outlook
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To enable students to critique the adequacy of current law and policy and to make recommendations on how the law should evolve
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To enable students to reflect critically on how and why the principles of environmental law and policy have evolved
Assessments
1. Written - Test/Quiz
2. Written - Essay
3. Written - Examination (On Course College administered)
Offerings
Trimester 1
CAM-CNS-TR1
ONL-TSV-TR1
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