Environmental law

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The objectives of the lecture: The purpose of the lecture is to familiarize students with the basic lawyers of environmental protection, management of environmental protection, as well as the conceptual grid used.

Assumptions:

Environmental protection is one of the principal task of the state conditioning its proper economic and social development (sustainable development). In the legal dimension, they consist of international, EU and national law regulations.

The following general issues will be discussed during the lecture:

- place of environmental law in the legal system

- sources of environmental law

- principles of environmental law

- the principle of sustainable development

and other issues that allow you to move freely in the legal issues of environmental protection:

- social participation in environmental protection

- access to information about the environment

- legal protection of environmental components

- legal instruments for environmental protection

- responsibility and judicial protection in environmental protection

- management by the administration of environmental matters

Materials available on the moodle platform and

Basic legal acts:

Constitution of the Republic of Poland of 2 April 1997 (Journal of Laws No. 78, item 483).

Act of 27 April 2001. Environmental Protection Law (current legal status)

Act of 3 October 2008 on the provision of information on the environment and its protection, public participation in environmental protection and environmental impact assessments (current legal status)

Act of 16 April 2004 on nature protection (current legal status)

Act of 12 June 2015 on the greenhouse gas emission trading scheme (current legal status)

Main literature:

M. Górski (ed.), Environmental protection law, Warsaw, current edition

B. Wierzbowski, B. Rakoczy, Podstawy prawa ochrony środowiska, current edition, Warszawa

J. Ciechanowicz-McLean, Prawo i polityka ochrony środowiska, Warszawa 2009

Educational outcomes:

A. Knowledge

1. Uses the basic terminology, allowing a description of the legal system and knows the basic legal regulations regarding environmental protection

2. Has basic knowledge enabling the characterization of branches of environmental law, recognizes and defines the principles of environmental law

3. Identifies instruments of environmental law and institutional environment

B. Skills

4. Interprets legal acts and draws correct conclusions based on them (Analyzes legal acts and uses sets of legal acts and searches for necessary acts, constructs simple legal norms on the basis of legal regulations)

5. Is able to assign legal instruments to a specific event, indicating the legal solution to the problem

C. Competences

6. Is aware of the importance of legal norms for the implementation of environmental protection

7. Can work individually showing initiative and independence in activities and effectively cooperate in teamwork, playing different roles in it

ECTS description:

Student activity number of hours / workload

participation in the lecture 30

consultation 15

own work on files 30

preparation for the exam 25

SUM OF HOURS 100

NUMBER OF ECTS 4

Written exam

negative grade

A. Knowledge

1. does not use the basic terminology that allows the description of the legal system and does not know the basic legal regulations concerning environmental protection and nature protection

2. does not settle the basic knowledge enabling the characterization of branches of environmental law, does not recognize and does not define the rules of environmental law

3. does not identify the basic instruments of environmental law and the institutional environment

B. Skills

4. He can not interpret legal acts and draw correct conclusions on their basis

5. He can not assign legal instruments to a specific event

C. Competences

6. There is no awareness of the importance of legal norms for the implementation of environmental protection

7. He can not work individually and effectively cooperate in team work

satisfactory grade:

A. Knowledge

1. Correctly operates a few terms, enabling a description of the legal system and knows a few basic legal regulations regarding environmental protection and nature protection

2. Has basic knowledge enabling the characterization of branches of environmental law, recognizes and defines three principles of environmental law

3. Identifies three basic instruments of environmental law and can name three environmental protection authorities

B. Skills

4. Can sufficiently interpret the basic provisions of law, use the collection of legal acts and search for legal acts

5. Is able to assign legal instruments to a specific event sufficiently

C. Competences

6. Has sufficient awareness of the importance of legal norms for the implementation of environmental protection

7. Sufficiently able to work individually and cooperate as a team

good grade:

A. Knowledge

1. Operates basic terminology, enabling the description of the legal system and knows the basic legal regulations regarding environmental protection and nature conservation

2. Has basic knowledge enabling the characterization of branches of environmental law, recognizes and defines the principles of environmental law

3. Identifies the basic instruments of environmental law and the institutional environment

B. Skills

4. Interprets legal acts and draws correct conclusions based on them (Analyzes legal acts and uses sets of legal acts and searches for necessary acts)

5. It is able to assign legal instruments to a specific event

C. Competences

6. Is aware of the importance of legal standards for the implementation of environmental protection, knows the scope of knowledge and skills possessed by it

7. Is able to work well individually showing initiative and independence in activities and is able to cooperate in team work

very good grade:

A. Knowledge

1. Efficiently operates the basic terminology, enabling description of the legal system and knows legal regulations regarding environmental protection and nature protection

2. Has basic knowledge enabling characterization of branches of environmental law, recognizes and defines the principles of environmental law, can associate them with instruments

3. Identifies the basic instruments of environmental law and the institutional environment

B. Skills

4. Efficiently interprets legal acts and on the basis of them draws correct conclusions, analyzes legal acts and uses sets of legal acts as well as finds necessary acts, constructs simple legal norms on the basis of legal regulations

5. Is able to correctly apply legal instruments to a specific event

C. Competences

6. Has a high awareness of the importance of legal norms for the implementation of environmental protection, knows the scope of knowledge and skills possessed by them, understands the need for continuous training in the legal aspect

7. Efficiently works individually, demonstrating initiative and independence in activities and effectively cooperates in teamwork, playing different roles in it

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