This course will cover the following topics:
- Theories of environmental decision-making including the use of expert science in decision-making.
- Political, administrative and institutional contexts.
- Models of environmental regulatory regimes based on scientific information and the assessment of risk.
(For example, environmental impact assessment, gene technology, hazardous chemicals, fisheries management regimes, forestry, endangered species). - Sources of scientific uncertainty and standards of ‘regulatory science'.
- Theory, method and law of risk assessment.
- Legislative standards of preventive and precautionary regulation.
- Case law on standards of science.
- The precautionary principle in international law and in international trade disputes.
- Interpreting and implementing the precautionary principle in domestic law (threshold test and precautionary action).
- Scientific uncertainty, the precautionary principle, and the threshold test.
- Legal and institutional reform.
Indicative Assessment
Students must rely on the Approved Assessment which will be posted to the Wattle course site prior to the commencement of the course.
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Workload
26 Contact Hours (Intensive Delivery over 3 days)
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Requisite and Incompatibility
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
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