Year
2016
Units
4.5
Prerequisites
1 Admission into MEMG-Master of Environmental Management
1a Admission into MSCWRM-Master of Science (Water Resources Management)
1b Admission into GCSCWRM-Graduate Certificate in Science (Water Resources Management)
1c Admission into GDPSCWRM-Graduate Diploma in Science (Water Resources Management)
Must Satisfy: ((1 or 1a or 1b or 1c))
1a Admission into MSCWRM-Master of Science (Water Resources Management)
1b Admission into GCSCWRM-Graduate Certificate in Science (Water Resources Management)
1c Admission into GDPSCWRM-Graduate Diploma in Science (Water Resources Management)
Must Satisfy: ((1 or 1a or 1b or 1c))
Other requirements
Topic Coordinator approval is required for enrolment in this topic. Students should apply via courseadvice.bgl@flinders.edu.au.
Enrolment not permitted
LLAW8001 has been successfully completed
Course context
Online topic
Topic description
This topic will:
- introduce the principles, objectives, structure and machinery (including underlying policy) and compliance approaches available under legislation in various Australian jurisdictions
- evaluate legislation including environmental and forward planning, environmental impact assessment, biodiversity protection, pollution and waste management
- analyse judgments of tribunals and courts involving disputes under legislation in Australian and overseas jurisdictions
- consider a range of regulatory approaches, including economic mechanisms/fiscal assistance, education, administrative compliance tools, civil and criminal enforcement
Educational aims
The aims of this topic are to expose students at an advanced level to:
- the role of ecologically sustainable development (ESD) in Australian and overseas environmental and natural resources laws and related principles such as the precautionary and polluter pays principles
- the essential legal concepts underlying the Australian legal system and its constitutional structure
- the nature (basis attributes and qualities) of environmental and natural resources law in Australia
- political and administrative responsibility for the implementation of environmental and natural resources law in Australia
Expected learning outcomes
As a consequence of studying this topic students will be able to:
- explain the range and nature of environmental and natural resources laws in Australia and overseas
- discuss the structure and objects of such laws
- analyse the administrative factors impinging on their application
- evaluate the policy factors determining the nature of such laws
- discern the compliance and enforcement machinery under such laws
- explain the outcomes of disputes involving such laws (judgements and other adjudications)
Key dates and timetable
Timetable details for 2016 are no longer published.
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