77794 International Environmental Law
6cpRequisite(s): ((70110 Introduction to Law AND (76006c Public International Law OR 70108c Public International Law)) OR 70616 Australian Constitutional Law )
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Anti-requisite(s): 78155 International Environmental Law: Policy and Implementation AND 78156 International Environmental Law: Policy and Implementation
Description
This subject introduces students to international law relating to conservation and management of the environment. Particular areas considered include the essential relevant principles and instruments of international law, environmental principles such as precautionary principle, sustainable development, conservation of biological diversity and external concerns ranging from diversity, gender and cultural values and economic imperatives fostered by concerns such as free trade and the rights of developing nations, all specifically in the context of international environmental law.
Particular areas considered generally derive from international treaties or major environmental concerns including air and atmospheric pollution, protection of the ocean and seas, marine pollution, climate change, the Antarctic, invasive species and the trade in endangered species, and the impact of war and human rights.
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