| CODE | ERL1002 | ||||||||||||
| TITLE | Environmental Justice | ||||||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 01 - Year 1 in Modular Undergraduate Course | ||||||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 5 | ||||||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 4 | ||||||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Environmental and Resources Law | ||||||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | The study-unit will introduce the students to the sui generis nature of environmental governance and regulation and its implications upon public and private rights and duties. It will delineate the history of the environmental movement which serves as a backdrop to the introduction of the concept of environmental justice. The study unit will look into issues concerning environmental degradation and pollution which endanger and undermine human health and wellbeing. It will address concepts of restorative justice including aspects of environmental regulation as a means to remedy and prevent harm. The study unit will delve into the different approaches to achieve environmental justice at the national, regional and international level. The study unit will also examine impacts which environmental justice has had upon human rights issues which arise as a result of environmental degradation. Study-Unit Aims: The aim of the study-unit is to provide a comprehensive grounding of the current legal issues concerning environmental justice and how this concept features in national and international law. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - appreciate the history of the development of the environmental justice movement and legal scholarship; - critically identify claims concerning environmental degradation; - recognize and discuss the importance of restorative justice; - become familiar with legal concepts concerning intergenerational and corporate responsibility; - link human rights with environmental issues; and - acquire knowledge on environmental litigation. 2. Skills: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Present a written in-depth analysis of current issues related with environmental justice; - Identify legal issues concerning environmental matters and recommend solutions; - Identify and apply relevant case law according to the circumstances; - Manage acquired legal concepts by interpreting them and apply them to different issues. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: - Jan Hancock, Environmental Human Rights: Power, Ethics and Law, (Routledge, 2003). - Linda A. Malone, Defending the environment: Civil Society Strategies to Enforce International Environmental Law, (Brill, International Environmental Law Series Vol. 5, 2004). - Jonas Ebbesson, Access to Justice in Environmental Matters in the EU, (Wolters Kluwer, 2002). - Ruchi Anand, International Environmental Justice: a North-South Dimension, (Routledge, 2004). - Paul Martine ed, The Search for Environmental Justice, (Elgar Publishing, The IUCN Academy of Environmental Law series, 2015). - Susan L. Cutter, Hazards, Vulnerability and Environmental Justice, (Routledge, 2006). - Tahseen Jafry ed., Routledge Handbook of Climate Justice, (Routledge, 2019). |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture | ||||||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Simone Borg Frances Camilleri Cassar Antoine Grima Louise Spiteri Alan Xuereb |
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