Course: Environmental Law 1

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Course title Environmental Law 1
Course code VPK/NPŽP1
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminar
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Peterková Magdaléna, JUDr. Ph.D.
  • Vícha Ondřej, JUDr. Ph.D.
  • Tomoszková Veronika, JUDr. Ph.D.
  • Mácha Aleš, JUDr. Ph.D.
Course content
1. Environmental protection. The role of law in environmental protection. Development of environmental protection in international, European and national consequences. The concept of sustainable development. 2. Environmental law - basic terms, subject matter, system of environmental law, sources of environmental law. 3. Principles of environmental law. 4. Constitutional foundations of the environmental law in the Czech Republic. 5. Instruments of environmental protection. 6. Conceptual instruments of environmental protection, SEA 7. Administrative instruments of environmental protection 8. Economic instruments of environmental protection 9. Environmental information. 10. Legal responsibility in environmental law. Sanctions as an instrument of environmental protection. 11. The role of courts in environmental protection 12. Overview of special environmental law.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training)
Learning outcomes
The purpose of the course is to provide with information about general Environmental Law in the abstract theoretical level and on concrete practical cases as well. It also comprises historical, international and European consequences. The subject innovation has been supported by the project Support of Interdisciplinary studies and Study Programmes Innovations at Palacký University in Olomouc, CZ.1.07/2.2.00/28.0091.
Students who have completed this course will gain the knowledge and skills to use special legal regulation of Environmental Law that they shall mostly meet in praxis.
Prerequisites
Completion of this course is not conditional upon completion of any other course.

Assessment methods and criteria
Seminar Work

It is essential that those students who would like to get the credit must have attendance at these seminars, they have to complete the tasks assigned by the seminar leader and they must be successful at the written test. The student is required to work with the learning objects, which have been created for the concrete subject and are available for authorized students in LMS EDIS.
Recommended literature
  • časopisy: České právo životního prostředí aj..
  • Damohorský, M. a další. (2004). Sbírka praktických příkladů z práva životního prostředí. ASPI, Praha.
  • Damohorský, M. a kol. (2007). Právo životního prostředí. 2. vydání. C. H. Beck, Praha.
  • Kraemer, L. (2003). EC Environmental Law. 6th edition.. Cambridge University Press.
  • Pekárek, M., Jančářová, I. (2002). Právo životního prostředí - I. díl.. MU, Brno.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Law Study plan (Version): Law (2010) Category: Law, legal and public administration proceeding 4 Recommended year of study:4, Recommended semester: Winter