LAW4313 International environmental law

When you finish this unit, you should be able to:

1. 1

   critically analyse the historical evolution of international environmental law and policy in response to the increasingly global nature of ecological problems 

2. 2

   demonstrate intellectual and creative skills to articulate the diverse ideological character and claims of the modern environment movement and the major lines of contestation in the broader global environmental debate 

3. 3

   reflect on and assess the major sources and principles of 'hard' and 'soft' international environmental law and the key principles and cases which have shaped the law's development 

4. 4

   demonstrate cognitive and creative skills in approaching complex issues pertaining to the international response to environmental concerns including climate change, protection of the marine environment, protection of the polar regions, biodiversity and international trade 

5. 5

   critically analyse the role of key actors and institutions in the evolution of international environmental law, including states, NGOs, TNCs, the United Nations and the Bretton Woods Institutions 

6. 6

   apply intellectual skills to recognise the major environment and development tensions and debates within the national, international and global communities, particularly the sustainable development debate and the tensions between environmental and economic discourses and modes of global governance 

7. 7

   reflect upon and identify the different ways in which new environmental issues, actors, interests and agendas have challenged the basic norms and institutions of global governance, particularly the system of sovereign states, environmental multilateralism, and the norms and institutions of global economic governance 

8. 8

   critically evaluate the different global institutional responses to global ecological problems 

9. 9

   have developed a critical appreciation of cross-cutting and emerging issues of international environmental law such as human rights, indigenous people, war and the environment and the perspectives of various actors in evolving those issues

10. 10

    have developed an ability to think critically and present a reasoned argument in relation to key developments and problems in international environmental law and policy

11. 11

    critically assess where international environmental law can be expected to develop in the future