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Please note: the information in the course manual is binding.
This course is part of the bachelor Global Sustainability Science and fits within the track Governance and Societal Transformations. This course offers an introduction into environmental law.
The aim of the course is on the one hand to offer insights into how the law can stimulate or hamper societal transformations and on the other hand to enable students to acquire basic legal skills.
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Acquire basic legal skills: analyzing legislation and case law and applying the relevant legal rules to solve legal questions
Acquire knowledge of and insight in the structure and content of European Environmental Law and the interplay between international, European and national environmental law.
Gain more in-depth knowledge of a few specific areas of environmental law, e.g. biodiversity protection, environment and trade, the circular economy and climate change mitigation and adaptation.
Understand the (relative) importance of environmental law in solving environmental problems.
Environmental law can stimulate or hamper societal transformations. The focus of this course is on European environmental law. For EU Member States, the importance of EU environmental law cannot be overestimated. It aims to offer a high level of environmental protection with regard to goods on the internal market (from organic wine to cars and toys), the regulation of industries and farms, climate change, the protection of biodiversity, etc. There is a huge body of EU legislation on a wide array of topics. Most EU environmental law is first transposed into national law and then implemented by the Member States. It is therefore necessary to also consider the impact of EU law in national situations. We also look at international conventions to which the EU is a party, as the EU is an important player which influences the development of international law and implements international law through EU law and national laws of its Member States.
This course is the entry requirement for
- Bachelor’s thesis GSS (GEO3-2422), track GST.
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