This course is designed to introduce students who have no legal qualifications to environmental law.
In doing so, the course not only provides students with an understanding of general legal principles, methods and institutions but also provides them with a framework for understanding and analysing environmental law. This will enable them to go on and study the specialised courses offered in the environmental law stream.
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion, students will have the knowledge and skills to:
- To know the origins and sources of environmental laws, and understand how and by whom environmental laws are made and interpreted.
- To understand the key principles of, and actors within, environmental laws.
- To critically analyse environmental laws within various contexts and to evaluate laws against procedural and substantive criteria.
- To understand the interplay between politics, policy, science and values in environmental law.
- To learn legal research and writing skills.
- To become familiar with legal referencing and be able to use the legal referencing method in the Australian Guide to Legal Citation.
Other Information
Students with an LLB or JD from an Australian University cannot take this course.
Indicative Assessment
Students must rely on the approved Means of Assessment which will be posted to the Wattle course site approximately 4 weeks prior to the commencement of the course.
Indicative assessment:
2 x research essays (50% each, 3000 wds each)
The ANU uses Turnitin to enhance student citation and referencing techniques, and to assess assignment submissions as a component of the University's approach to managing Academic Integrity. While the use of Turnitin is not mandatory, the ANU highly recommends Turnitin is used by both teaching staff and students. For additional information regarding Turnitin please visit the ANU Online website.
Workload
26 Contact Hours (Intensive Delivery over 4 days) plus private study and reading time.
Students should allocate 20 hours to read the course materials before the commencement of the course. Extensive research, reflective and writing work will be required after the teaching period. Students should allow at least 80 hours.
2014 Summer intensive dates: 10-13 February
2014 Winter intensive dates: 28-31 July
Click here for current LLM Masters Program timetable
Requisite and Incompatibility
Prescribed Texts
There will be no prescribed text. A reading brick of materials will be available for purchase.
Preliminary Reading
Preliminary reading will be specified in the Course Outline, which will be posted to the Wattle course site approximately 4 weeks prior to the commencement of the course.
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.
Summer Session
| Class number | Class start date | Last day to enrol | Census date | Class end date | Mode Of Delivery | Class Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1406 | 10 Mar 2015 | 10 Mar 2015 | 20 Mar 2015 | 24 Apr 2015 | In Person | N/A |
Winter Session
| Class number | Class start date | Last day to enrol | Census date | Class end date | Mode Of Delivery | Class Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1368 | 10 Aug 2015 | 10 Aug 2015 | 21 Aug 2015 | 24 Sep 2015 | In Person | N/A |
