Basic knowledge of Public law or Constitutional law or International law

The course aims to develop the students knowledge and understanding on global environmental issues and on the interactions between international, European and national laws. International environmental governance, principles and the main international treaties will be covered by the course as well as the most pressing issues such as climate change, the water crisis, energy transition, green human rights and environmental justice.

Students are expected to be able to understand and discuss global environmental issues and how global environmental law impacts on both international trade and human rights.

The course deals with global environmental law and, in this first module A, explains the foundation of the international legal framework :

- The concept of global environmental law

- The development of global environmental law

- The development of EU environmental law

- Multilevel environmental governance

- Sources of global environmental law

- Principles of global environmental law

- Application of global environmental law

- Trade and environment

- Human rights and the environment

- Environmental justice

(A) Pierre-Marie Dupuy and Jorge E. Viñuales, 2018, International Environmental Law 2nd ed., Cambridge University Press

Pages 1-99; 107-247; 355-403

Additional reading materials will be provided during classes

• Lectures

  Thematic seminars

  Case analysis and class discussion

• Oral and written exam

  Written assessment with multiple-choice, open questions, and the discussion of cases related to the main topics of the Course.

  
  

English