- Docente: Massimo Calcagnile
- Credits: 7
- SSD: IUS/10
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: Single cycle degree programme (LMCU) in Law (cod. 9232)
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from Feb 25, 2025 to May 08, 2025
Learning outcomes
The course aims to provide students with the tools necessary to achieve a comprehensive level of preparation on the most important principles and institutions of Environement and Energy Resources Law which also allows them to understand the many practical aspects of application also through understanding, independent judgment and application of knowledge skills.
Course contents
- The protection of the environment as a public interest worthy of legal protection
- The sources of environmental law
- Environmental protection in the Constitution of the Republic
- The general principles of environmental law
- Administrative measures for the environmental protection
- Right of access to environmental information
- Integrated environmental protection and assessment tools: strategic environmental assessment; Environmental impact assessment and Integrated environmental authorization
- Waste management
- Land use regulation
- Management of water resources and protection of water from pollution
- Environmental protection against atmospheric pollution
- The fight against climate change
- The protection of the environment and the promotion of energy production from renewable sources
- Ecological transition and economical progress
- Remediation and restoration of contaminated sites
- The regulations on prevention and reparation of environmental damage
Readings/Bibliography
Recommended books
For the study of the subject
P.DELL'ANNO, Diritto dell'Ambiente, Padova, Cedam, 2022 or any subsequent editions
or alternatively
G. ROSSI (a cura di), Diritto dell'ambiente, Torino, Giappichelli, 2021or any subsequent editions
For deeping study of the principles, we recommend reading:
B.CARAVITA, L.CASSETTI, A.MORRONE (a cura di), Diritto dell'Ambiente, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2016
Teaching methods
Teaching will take place through lectures, which will be organized by the models decided nel sito del Dipartimento di Scienze Giuridiche.
Dialogue and interactions will be encouraged during class. Students will also be able to ask for additional questions or issues outside the hours of lectures, during the weekly office hours indicated at the bottom of this page.
The course aims to provide students with the tools necessary to achieve a comprehensive level of preparation on the most important principles and institutions of Environement and Energy Resources Law which also allows them to understand the many practical aspects of application.
In parallel to the lessons, one or more practices will take place face to face or online, lasting about 2 hours, consisting in the concise illustration of a topic by the teacher and in the delivering to the students of an open-ended question, in the drafting by students of a written text following the instructions set out above (within the time limits and according to the extension indicated by the teacher), finally in the self-correction by the students following a description by the teacher of the optimal methods and contents of the written answer, leaving the students time for questions and request for verification of any errors.
Assessment methods
Final exam will be held in oral form and the evaluation will be expressed out in thirty. The interview will focus on the topics indicated in the "Course contents" section, in order to verify the students' acquisition of the concepts taught within the course.
ATTENDING STUDENTS
Students attending classes will be able to take the exam based on a differentiated program that will be communicated at the beginning of the cours.
ERASMUS STUDENTS
In order to take the exam, Erasmus students must study only the topics indicated from points 1 to 13 of the program indicated above in the "Contents" section.
The student’s degree of preparation will be evaluated as follows:
18-19 Very limiteted preparation. Basic answer to questions. Not very technical presentation
20-23 Discreet preparation. Accetable answer to questions. Exposure with elements of technicality.
24-27 Good preparation. Relevant answers. Technical and appropriate exposure.
28-29 Great preparation. Complete answers with exact terminology. Good ability exposure.
30 Excellent preparation. Answers supported by complete knowledge and with very appropriate terminology. Systematic exposure.
30 L Uncommon and excellent preparation. Very satisfying answers that denote study, indepth culture and acquired logical ability. Reconstructive and brillant exposure.
The final exam registration can only be made on-line on the University of Bologna web application
Prerequisites
The exam can be taken only after passing the constitutional and private law exams.
Degree thesis
The assignment of the thesis takes place after an interview during the reception hours indicated on the teacher's web pages.
The presence of a co-supervisor must be agreed with the teacher who assigned the thesis.
There aren't therefore waiting lists.
Teaching tools
Students with disability or specific learning disabilities (DSA) will be able to communicate their needs to the teacher to find the best solutions.
Office hours
See the website of Massimo Calcagnile
SDGs




This teaching activity contributes to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals of the UN 2030 Agenda.