3 0 false LAWS8264 <p>This course introduces students to the nature of transboundary environmental challenges and the development of international norms and institutions to address them. </p><p>Fundamental issues addressed by the course include:</p><ul><li>the ethical framework for international environmental policies and laws, </li><li>the origin and development of international environmental law, </li><li>sources of international environmental law, </li><li>actors in global environmental governance and the nature of international environmental norms. </li></ul><p>Much of the course is devoted to specific subject areas of environmental governance such as:</p><ul><li>climate change, </li><li>biodiversity and biosafety, </li><li>marine environmental protection, </li><li>the Antarctic environment, </li><li>the implementation of international environmental law in Australia, and </li><li>mechanisms for dispute settlement, compliance and enforcement. </li></ul> 1 false 12456 <p>The proposed assessment for this course will comprise two compulsory items of assessment: (1) a short problem based assignment and (2) a lengthy research essay.</p><p>Students must rely on the Approved Assessment which will be posted to the course homepage on the <a href="http://law.anu.edu.au/Postgraduate/" target="_blank">ANU Law website</a>, prior to the commencement of the course.</p> 1 1 <p>At the conclusion of this course students should:</p><ul><li>be able to engage critically with ethical debates surrounding environmental policy and law-making; </li><li>understand the history and development of international environmental law as a distinct field of public international law;</li><li>possess a thorough knowledge of the principles of international environmental law;</li><li>possess a good knowledge of the main topic areas of international environmental law; </li><li>understand the limits and utility of the norms relating to the global environment; </li><li>appreciate the interaction and tension between various international actors and institutions in the development and implementation of international environmental norms; and </li><li>be able to apply norms and principles of international environmental law in a problem-solving context. </li></ul> 2 International Law of The Environment 6 6 <a href="http://studyat.anu.edu.au/courses/LAWS8111;fees.html">Click here</a> for fee and census date information Ross Garnaut, <em>The Garnaut Climate Change Review Final Report </em>(2008), chapters 8 and 9 (available at <a href="http://www.garnautreview.org.au/index.htm">www.garnautreview.org.au/index.htm</a>) Patricia Birnie, Alan Boyle and Catherine Redgwell, <em>International Law of the Environment </em>(3^rd ed, 2009) 6 <p><a href="http://studyat.anu.edu.au/courses/LAWS8189;details.html">LAWS8189</a> Fundamentals of Environmental Law (non-lawyers)</p> Int Law of The Environ Band 3 Laws u4039943 2 <p><a href="http://law.anu.edu.au/Postgraduate/Timetable_2009.pdf" target="_blank"></a></p><strong>&nbsp;26 Contact Hours (Intensive Delivery) <p><a href="http://law.anu.edu.au/Postgraduate/Timetable_2010.pdf" target="_blank">Click here for the 2010 timetable</a></p></strong><p><a href="http://law.anu.edu.au/Postgraduate/Timetable_2008.pdf"></a></p> 2010