BB901: Environmental Law - including administrative law
The Study Board for Science
Teaching language: Danish
EKA: N150005102
Assessment: Second examiner: Internal
Grading: 7-point grading scale
Offered in: Odense
Offered in: Autumn
Level: Master(s)
STADS ID (UVA): N150005101
ECTS value: 5
Date of Approval: 12-04-2023
Duration: 1 semester
Version: Approved - active
Comment
Entry requirements
Academic preconditions
Course introduction
The purpose of the course is to enable the student to address the general requirements of environmental and administrative laws and to understand the premises of public authority actions concerning citizens and businesses. This understanding is essential both in relation to employment within relevant parts of the private sector and certain public authorities. The student is enabled to handle assignments about climate adaptation by the course providing knowledge of legislation and management within the field.
Environmental law is a discipline within the group of special administrative laws. The course, therefore, includes basic knowledge of the administrative law, including the requirements for administrative management.
The course is primarily based on Danish laws, including legislations, orders, and guidances, but EU law (e.g. directives) is included where it is particularly relevant.
In relation to the competence profile of the degree, it is the explicit focus of the course to:
- give knowledge of theory and practice in environmental law
- give skills in identifying and analyzing theoretical and practical issues in the field of the environment and orally disseminating these
- give the competence to work independently and deal with complex situations in environmental law and orally disseminate these for both educational and work situations.
Expected learning outcome
To achieve the purpose of the course, the learning objective of the course is that the student demonstrates the ability to:
- explain the EU directive e.g. the Water Framework Directive and Habitats Directive
- Describe international agreements as the UN’s SDGs and the climate agreements such as the Paris agreement
- Explain national laws such as the Environmental Protection Act, the Nature Protection Act, the Planning Act, the Environmental Goals Act, and the Watercourse Act.
- Describe relevant orders such as the statutory order on waste water treatment.
- Explain decisions of the Boards of Appeal.
- Explain other relevant writings from, for example, the Waste Water Committee.
- Describe legislation and management of xenobiotics in Denmark.
- Work with current cases and achieve learning of the specific steps and procedures used for the implementation of different projects through the relevant legislation. For example: to be authorized to modify the amount of discharge of treated waste water in a Natura 2000 area, to be authorized to build a windmill farm in a national marine area, a permit to dig a channel in a marine area, and at the same time comply with the water action plan of the area.
Content
The course contains these main academic areas:
- The relevant national and European directives, laws, orders, and guidance.
- Implementation of legislation in the field of climate adaptation.
- Management within the field of climate adaptation
- What is the role distribution between utilities, municipalities, ministries, and advisors when approving e.g. new climate adaptation projects, infrastructure projects, lowland projects, afforestation, emission permits, etc.
Literature
Examination regulations
Exam element a)
Timing
Week 43
Tests
Oral test
EKA
N150005102
Assessment
Second examiner: Internal
Grading
7-point grading scale
Identification
Student Identification Card
Language
Normally, the same as teaching language
Duration
20 min.
Examination aids
To be announced during the course
ECTS value
5
Additional information
There will be no preparation in connection with the exam itself.
A question is initially drawn within the syllabus. This question will initially form the basis of the examination. It will be possible to ask questions throughout the syllabus.
A question is initially drawn within the syllabus. This question will initially form the basis of the examination. It will be possible to ask questions throughout the syllabus.
Indicative number of lessons
Teaching Method
På naturvidenskab er undervisningen tilrettelagt efter trefasemodellen dvs. intro, trænings- og studiefasen.
- Intro-phase: 40 hours
- Skills training phase: tutorials: 10 hours with an instructor doing group work and presentations of this
Study phase: Group-work, literature studies, and reading through legislation
During the lessons, the topics reviewed will subsequently be put into perspective using group assignments (cases), where the participants, in turn, represent The Danish Environmental Protection Agency, municipalities, private companies, and citizen representatives respectively in connection with fictitious cases.
The purpose of the group tasks is to give the participants an in-depth understanding of how the environmental tasks in a country such as Denmark often require cooperation between both key public and private actors.
Furthermore, the purpose is for the students to become aware of the implementation of legislation and management in the field of climate adaptation, including how the division of roles is between utilities, municipalities, ministries, and advisors when approving e.g. new climate adaptation projects, infrastructure projects, lowland projects, afforestation, emission permits, etc.
Teacher responsible
Additional teachers
Timetable
Administrative Unit
Team at Educational Law & Registration
Offered in
Recommended course of study
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