95937 - GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL LAW

Conoscenze e abilità da conseguire

At the end of the course students will be able to understand the main legal issues concerning the environmental law and the interactions between international, European and national laws, as far as land and sea are concerned. They will also be equipped with the outline of: 1- the historic development of international environmental law identifying its basic principles and rules; 2- the role of the concept of sustainable development and its impact on international environmental law in terms of attempts to reconcile developmental and environmental objectives.

Contenuti

The course aims to provide students with the main notions of the legal tools aimed at environmental protection. Knowledge of these principles should enable students to apply the legal concepts learned also to specific situations of interest to engineering and plant engineering profiles.

The course will cover a range of general issues including:

1) the introduction of international environmental law;

2) the concept of global environmental law;

3) the development of global environmental law;

4) the development of EU environmental law;

5) Multilevel environmental governance;

6) Legal source of environmental law;

7) The principles of global environmental law (prevention, precaution, polluter pays principle, sustainable development)

8) Implementation of international, EU and national environmental law

Testi/Bibliografia

The teacher will prepare documents to support the learning process. Students can also use some recommended texts (not compulsory)

E. Giovannini, Trattato breve di diritto dello sviluppo sostenibile, CEDAM, 2023

J. Zaben, A guide to EU environmental law, University of California Press, 2021

P. Dupuy -  J.E. Viñuales, International Environmental Law, Cambridge University Press, 2018.

G. Cordini - P. Fois - S. Marchisio, Diritto dell'ambiente. Profili internazionali europei e comparati, Giappichelli Editore, 2017.

  

Metodi didattici

The course will take place through a combination of different methods:

- lectures;

- screening of video documentaries and ppt;

- case studies and discussions.

After having provided the students with the primary general legal notions relating to the subject and having framed the primary schemes of operation of the regulations on environmental protection, a specific hybrid teaching session is envisaged involving the use of:
- international databases relating to the use of regulatory instruments in the field of environmental pollution (in particular atmospheric pollution) of both a "command and control" and a "market based" or "market oriented" type;
- of digital material (videos and other innovative media) useful for understanding the mechanism for presenting innovative solutions in international contexts such as the "Conference of the Parties (COP)" by also reproducing such remote comparison sessions.
In this hybrid module, students will develop their own research project with the opportunity to also work in groups and to prepare specific topics related to the application of environmental law.

Modalità di verifica e valutazione dell'apprendimento

The final exam will be taken orally. The students must be able to expose the contents of the lecture and explain the main issues.

The presentation of the research project will partially contribute to the student's overall assessment.

Strumenti a supporto della didattica

Students will be provided with slides for each topic and specific documents on Virtuale.

Orario di ricevimento

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