Environmental Law
A.Y. 2024/2025
Learning objectives
The course intends to provide students with an understanding of the legal and policy frameworks governing environmental problems at the European level within the concept of sustainable development. Special attention is drawn to the notion of environment, EU environmental law sources and principles, prevention and remediation of environmental damage and liability mechanism, enforcement of the EU environmental law at Member States levels, environmental impact assessment, waste policy, techniques for environmental management. The course examines also leading cases in EU law and the regulation, challenges and opportunities faced by specific sectors in particular: Biodiversity, Waste Policy and Management, Public Procurement.
The contents of course allow students to get aware of the public point of view of common goods safeguard and management, and - together with the courses of Law of territorial government and public contracts and Natural Resource Economics - will lie down the economic and legal bases for design and coordinate interventions of protection and enhancement of environment and territory.
The contents of course allow students to get aware of the public point of view of common goods safeguard and management, and - together with the courses of Law of territorial government and public contracts and Natural Resource Economics - will lie down the economic and legal bases for design and coordinate interventions of protection and enhancement of environment and territory.
Expected learning outcomes
Knowledge and understanding. At the end of the course, students will know the legal and policy frameworks governing environmental problems at the European level and will be able to understand their complexity, challenges and opportunities.
Applying Knowledge and Understanding: At the end of the course, students will be able to locate and analyse EU environmental law and case law and apply environmental general principles to key environmental problems.
The students will develop analytical and problem-solving skills also through case studies, class projects and discussions.
Applying Knowledge and Understanding: At the end of the course, students will be able to locate and analyse EU environmental law and case law and apply environmental general principles to key environmental problems.
The students will develop analytical and problem-solving skills also through case studies, class projects and discussions.
Lesson period: Second semester
Assessment methods: Esame
Assessment result: voto verbalizzato in trentesimi
Single course
This course can be attended as a single course.
Course syllabus and organization
Single session
Responsible
Lesson period
Second semester
Course syllabus
- Introductory notions of public law and the different legal systems (International, European, and Italian)
- Environmental protection in International law
- Environmental protection in EU law
- Environmental protection in Italian law: the environment in the Constitution; the Environmental Code; public and private actors working for environmental protection; administrative activities for environmental protection (procedural peculiarities, an overview of environmental procedures, the right of access to environmental matters, emergency management), liability for environmental damage.
- Analysis of some of the most significant special sectors.
- Environmental protection in International law
- Environmental protection in EU law
- Environmental protection in Italian law: the environment in the Constitution; the Environmental Code; public and private actors working for environmental protection; administrative activities for environmental protection (procedural peculiarities, an overview of environmental procedures, the right of access to environmental matters, emergency management), liability for environmental damage.
- Analysis of some of the most significant special sectors.
Prerequisites for admission
No preliminary competences are required to attend this course.
Teaching methods
Regular attendance is highly recommended.
The course includes lectures, in-depth seminars, and in-class presentations of case studies.
The course includes lectures, in-depth seminars, and in-class presentations of case studies.
Teaching Resources
The teaching materials consist of:
- F. Fracchia, Environmental law. Principles, Definitions and Protection models, Editoriale Scientifica, 2018 (available for purchase at: https://editorialescientifica.it/prodotto/environmental-law-2/)
- additional teaching materials will be uploaded on Ariel
- F. Fracchia, Environmental law. Principles, Definitions and Protection models, Editoriale Scientifica, 2018 (available for purchase at: https://editorialescientifica.it/prodotto/environmental-law-2/)
- additional teaching materials will be uploaded on Ariel
Assessment methods and Criteria
For attending students, the exam will consist of two parts:
- a partial written test
and
- an in-class presentation on a specific topic of environmental law.
For non-attending students: written exam
- a partial written test
and
- an in-class presentation on a specific topic of environmental law.
For non-attending students: written exam
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