Undergraduate Course: Environmental Law (VS1) (LAWS10125)
Course Outline
| School | School of Law |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Part-year visiting students only |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 10 (Year 3 Undergraduate) |
Credits | 20 |
| Home subject area | Law |
Other subject area | None |
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Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | An introduction to the law (international, European Community and national) related to the protection of the environment. Emphasis is placed not only on selected subject areas (e.g. nature conservation, integrated pollution control) but also on the study of different strategies of environmental protection and their enforcement. |
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus? | Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
By the end of the course students should have an understanding of environmental problems themselves, and be able to describe the policy response to them, and be able to summarise and assess the role of the institutions and procedures of legal regulation.
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Assessment Information
Assessed essay (100%) of up to 15 pages.
Format of pages must be as follows:
Paper: A4 size, portrait form
Font: Times New Roman
Font size: 12
Margins: All 1 inch (2.54 cm)
Line spacing: 1.5
Footnotes/endnotes font size: 10
Page numbering: All pages should be numbered in the following style: "Page x of y" where x represents the page number and y the total number of pages. Such numbering should appear either at the very top or very bottom of each page. |
Special Arrangements
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Additional Information
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Contacts
| Course organiser | Prof Chris Himsworth
Tel: (0131 6)50 2063
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Course secretary | Mrs Heather Haig
Tel: (0131 6)50 2053
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