78236 Environmental Ethics
6cpRequisite(s): ( 78101c Postgraduate Legal Research OR ((22 credit points of completed study in spk(s): C07122 Graduate Diploma Legal Studies OR 22 credit points of completed study in C04147 Master of Legal Studies OR 22 credit points of completed study in C07074 Graduate Diploma Legal Studies OR 22 credit points of completed study in spk(s): C04264 Master of Legal Studies)) OR ((94 credit points of completed study in spk(s): C04236 Juris Doctor OR 142 credit points of completed study in spk(s): C04250 Juris Doctor Master of Business Administration) AND 70106c Principles of Public International Law AND 70107c Principles of Company Law) OR (94 credit points of completed study in spk(s): C04320 Juris Doctor Graduate Certificate Professional Legal Practice AND 70106 Principles of Public International Law))
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Description
The subject explores those systems and processes that concern environmental and ecological justice. What types of justice issues, for example, stem from government decisions to orchestrate the operation of high risk or pollutant industries in areas inhabited by disadvantaged communities? How do populations in a developing country obtain justice when a multi-national corporation poisons the drinking water? Environmental justice originally focused on distributive justice, or in the context of environmental law, the distribution of environmental risks and benefits among humans. The notion, however, quickly extended to include matters concerning capacity, recognition and procedural justice. Linked to, but separate from, environmental justice is ecological justice, that focuses on the claims of non-humans to their place in nature and their portion of the world's resources. This part of the subject links ecological justice theory to environmental criminology and examines issues such as over-fishing and laws relating to wildlife smuggling.
Overlaying these concepts is the notion of environmental ethics that considers the nature and extent of normative restraints that should inform human interactions with the living and non-living components of the environment. The subject examines these issues, against the backdrop of the role of law in enforcing and protecting environmental rights and responsibilities. Examples and readings are widely drawn, including from international law, and comparative case studies.
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