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LAWS12067 Environmental Law
Environmental Law
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Overview

This unit provides an overview of environmental governance in Australia in a frame that integrates sustainability and climate change. Environmental law operates at multiple scales and is shaped by multiple geopolitical and social forces. First, we consider the regulatory framework, including relevant international law and the role of the Commonwealth and State Governments in responding to human impacts on the environment and biodiversity protection. We then move to consider environmental law and protection as subject to ongoing contestation and multiple dimensions of uncertainty. This includes conflict between environmental law rights which are in the public domain and landowners' property and contractual rights in relation to land, and public advocacy and litigation aimed at protecting the environment. Discussion points include the process of environmental impact assessment, climate change law, and regulatory reform.

Details

Career Level: Undergraduate
Unit Level: Level 2
Credit Points: 6
Student Contribution Band: 10
Fraction of Full-Time Student Load: 0.125

Pre-requisites or Co-requisites

Pre-requisites: 24 credit points of law units including LAWS11057.

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