This course is offered by the ANU College of Law to non-law students who are interested in environmental issues.
The course seeks to examine environmental law from theoretical, contextual, and practical perspectives, taking a broad national and thematic approach rather than annotating the law of one jurisdiction. The course will examine the sources of environmental law, looking at the roles of the common law, of statutes and the growing importance of international law. The course will explore environmental regulation, including planning and licensing systems; environmental decision-making, including environmental impact assessment processes and exceptions to the usual decision-making process; enforcement of environmental controls through criminal and civil means and alternative sanctions; human rights and the rise of environmental rights, and environmental participation, protest and litigation. The course will also look at philosophical and ethical bases for environmental protection and conservation, as well as an examination of the roles of scientific evidence and environmental values in environmental decision-making.
Indicative Assessment
A research paper (on a topic of the student's choice) worth 50% of the student's final mark and a take-home exam worth 50% of the student's final mark.
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
Second Semester
Three Hours of Lectures
Specialisations
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.
