The following reading list is common for the courses taught at bachelor’s and master’s level. Note that there are different achievement requirements:
- Master’s level (15 credits): A good understanding is required
- Bachelor’s level (10 credits): A general understanding is required
Course description|
This course addresses international environmental law. It is based on an introduction to general topics of international environmental law. Thereafter follows a more detailed examination of the following five topics: sustainable development, biodiversity, climate change, trade and environment, and EC environmental law. Within each of these topics a case is used as a point of departure for a thorough examination of a specific issue. The cases will be presented at appropriate times during the course, and relevant material will be handed out.
Requirements
Achievement requirements for master’s level (15 credits):
Students are expected to have prior knowledge of international law. Recommended introductory reading:
- Antonio Cassese: International Law, Oxford University Press, 2005, 2nd ed, or
- Carl August Fleischer: Folkerett, 8th ed., Universitetsforlaget, 2005, or
- Morten Ruud og Geir Ulfstein: Innføring i folkerett, 2nd. ed., Universitetsforlaget, 2002.
Requirements
Students are expected to have a thorough understanding of the following topics based on the literature, lectures and case studies:
- Foundations and sources of international environmental law.
- Principles of international environmental law.
- Implementation, enforcement and non-compliance procedures.
- Main issues related to protection of biodiversity and biosafety (in particular the Convention on Biological Diversity and the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety).
- Main issues related to the international climate change regime (in particular the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Kyoto Protocol).
- Main issues related to protection of the marine environment, including relevant rules of the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea.
- The issue of the environment and human rights.
- The relationship between international trade rules and international environmental law.
- Principles and bases of the European (EC) environmental law.
Achievement requirements for bachelor's level (10 credits):
Students are expected to have prior knowledge of international law. Recommended introductory reading:
- Antonio Cassese: International Law, Oxford University Press, 2005, 2nd ed, or
- Carl August Fleischer: Folkerett, 8th ed., Universitetsforlaget, 2005, or
- Morten Ruud og Geir Ulfstein: Innføring i folkerett, 2nd. ed., Universitetsforlaget, 2002.
Requirements
Students are expected to have knowledge of the following topics based on the literature, lectures and case studies:
- Foundations and sources of international environmental law.
- Principles of international environmental law.
- Implementation, enforcement and non-compliance procedures.
- Main issues related to protection of biodiversity and biosafety (in particular the Convention on Biological Diversity and the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety).
- Main issues related to the international climate change regime (in particular the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Kyoto Protocol).
- Main issues related to protection of the marine environment, including relevant rules of the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea.
- The issue of the environment and human rights.
- The relationship between international trade rules and international environmental law.
- Principles and bases of the European (EC) environmental law.
Literature
Literature
1. Foundation and Sources of International Environmental Law
Alexandre Kiss and Dinah Shelton: International Environmental Law, 3rd ed., New York ) 2004 (“Kiss and Shelton”), chapters 1 (pp. 11-38) and 3 (pp. 69-100) .
2. Principles of International Environmental Law
Philippe Sands: Principles of International Environmental Law, 2nd ed., Cambridge 2003 (“Sands”), chapter 6 (pp. 231-290).
3. Implementation, Enforcement and Non-Compliance Procedures.
Kiss and Shelton, chapter 6 A, B (225-236). Sands chapter 5 (pp. 171-218).
4. Biodiversity and Biosafety
Patricia Birnie and Alan Boyle: International Law and the Environment, 2nd. ed., Oxford 2002 (“Birnie and Boyle”) chapter 11 (pp. 545-590, exclusive section 3, 2, a pp. 556-559).
B. Eggers and R. Mackenzie, The Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, 3 Journal of International Economic Law 525, 2000, pp. 525-543.
5. Climate Change Sands, chapter 8 Climate Change (pp. 357-381).
Ulrich Ellinghaus, Peter Ebsen and Hannes Schloemann, The EU Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS): A Status Report, 1 JEEPL 1 , 2004, 3-9.
6. The Marine Environment and the Law of the Sea Kiss and Shelton: chapter 11, A-C (pp. 495-515). Birnie and Boyle, chapter 13, sections 4-7 (pp. 655-683).
7. Environment and Human Rights Kiss and Shelton, chapter 15 A,B (pp. 661-680). Sands chapter 7 International human rights (pp. 291-307).
8. Trade and Environment Thomas J. Schoenbaum, “International Trade and Environmental Protection”, in Birnie and Boyle, Chapter 14, pp. 698-750.
9. European Environmental Law Jan Jans: European Environmental Law, 2nd. ed., Groningen 2000, chapter 1 (pp. 3-66). Peter G. G. Davies: European Union Environmental Law, Ashgate 2004, chapter 6 (186-216).
Bound copies of the above mentioned chapters and articles are available for purchase at the book store Gnist Akademika. (“International Environmental Law 3” and “International Environmental Law 4”.)