This course will examine climate law in Australia - including not only the current state of the law but also its likely future direction. It takes a perspective which is cross-disciplinary, comparative, and analytical.
This course is designed to meet the needs of practising lawyers, law graduates and private and public sector employees whose work raises issues of climate change law and policy.
Active participants in this course will gain a deeper understanding of the multitude of ways in which the law relates to and intersects with climate change. This course aims to lead students through a study of policy instruments relating to climate change in Australia, drawing examples from Commonwealth and State law and policy, and exploring the development of Australian law and policy.
The course aims to provide students with a range of fundamental concepts, useful tools and insights with which to understand and critically analyse environmental law as it relates to climate change. It takes a thematic approach and does not aspire to be comprehensive in every possible respect.
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion, students will have the knowledge and skills to:
At the conclusion of this course, students should be able to:- Show familiarity with fundamental terminology of domestic climate law;
- Demonstrate an understanding of the main options for domestic climate law;
- Explain the interaction between different policy and legal instruments within Australian domestic climate law;
- Demonstrate an ability to apply the emerging principles of climate law from relevant cases and statutes to a given set of hypothetical facts, and to present an argument;
- Comment critically on the outcome and reasoning in cases studied during the course and identify the considerations of policy evident within them;
- Demonstrate an ability to research and write in detail about specific issues within the field of climate law by critically analyzing relevant primary and secondary materials; and
- Show familiarity with on-line and traditional sources concerning domestic climate law.
Other Information
This in as intensive course with 3 days of compulsory attendance required (see LLM timetable for dates).Approximately 6 weeks from the completion of the intensive your final assessment will be due. Contact with fellow students and the convenor, both prior to the intensive and after, is conducted via the Wattle course site.
Indicative Assessment
Students must rely on the approved Course Study Guide which will be posted to the Wattle course page approximately 4 weeks prior to the commencement of the course.
Assessment is likely to include:
- A law reform briefing paper (50%)
- A substantial research paper (50%)
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Workload
21 Contact Hours (Intensive Delivery 3 days) plus private study and reading time.
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Requisite and Incompatibility
Prescribed Texts
There is no prescribed text for this course. However the two following books are the most useful for an overview of the subject:-- Zahar, A., Peel, J. & Godden, L. (2013) Australian Climate Law in Global Context, Cambridge University Press; Port Melbourne, Vic.
- Durrant, N., Legal Responses to Climate Change, Federation Press, 2010.
Preliminary Reading
Will be provided in the Course Outline which will be posted to the Wattle course page approximately 4 weeks prior to the commencement of the course.
Areas of Interest
- Environmental Studies
- Law
- Sustainability
- Climate
- Environmental Science
- Resource and Environmental Management
Fees
Tuition fees are for the academic year indicated at the top of the page.
If you are a domestic graduate coursework or international student you will be required to pay tuition fees. Tuition fees are indexed annually. Further information for domestic and international students about tuition and other fees can be found at Fees.
- Student Contribution Band:
- 3
- Unit value:
- 6 units
If you are an undergraduate student and have been offered a Commonwealth supported place, your fees are set by the Australian Government for each course. At ANU 1 EFTSL is 48 units (normally 8 x 6-unit courses). You can find your student contribution amount for each course at Fees. Where there is a unit range displayed for this course, not all unit options below may be available.
| Units | EFTSL |
|---|---|
| 6.00 | 0.12500 |
Course fees
- Domestic fee paying students
| Year | Fee |
|---|---|
| 2015 | $2958 |
- International fee paying students
| Year | Fee |
|---|---|
| 2015 | $4146 |
Offerings, Dates and Class Summary Links
ANU utilises MyTimetable to enable students to view the timetable for their enrolled courses, browse, then self-allocate to small teaching activities / tutorials so they can better plan their time. Find out more on the Timetable webpage.
Class summaries, if available, can be accessed by clicking on the View link for the relevant class number.
Winter Session
| Class number | Class start date | Last day to enrol | Census date | Class end date | Mode Of Delivery | Class Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1717 | 07 Sep 2015 | 07 Sep 2015 | 18 Sep 2015 | 21 Oct 2015 | In Person | N/A |
