AIMS AND CONTENT

LEARNING OUTCOMES

Provide students with knowledge, on a general level, of european environmental policy and related principles, as well as, in particular, of the main contents of the disciplines envisaged, at European and/or national level, for everything concerning waste and related systems; the protection of soil, water and atmosphere and landscape, as well as the protection and management of habitats and protected areas

AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES

Learning of the general principles of the subject, as well as the fundamental notions relating to institutions, procedures, acts, sanctions and responsibilities in the various sectors of environmental law, between sources of law and jurisprudence (Euro-unitary and national). 

The teaching is the only one of a legal nature in the course and therefore students are not familiar with the language, methodologies and general notions of legal sciences. This conditions the identification of training objectives.

The expected results consist of students being able to:

- know, understand and remember the fundamental principles and notions of environmental law in general and of the sectors that are studied within the programme;

- acquire appropriate the technical language of the sector;

- frame and understand the raison d'être of the main rules, also in relation to the principles and purposes of the sources that contain them;

- identify connections and analogies between the disciplines concerning the different sectors of environmental law

- learn to understand the complexity of the interpretation of regulations, beyond their simple literal meaning and in relation to their history, their purposes and the disciplinary system in which they are inserted

- identify and critically understand some of the problematic aspects of the disciplines and application orientations

- be able to critically relate what they study to the news relating to issues of environmental relevance, in order to develop sensitivity for the transposition of legal notions into practice.

PREREQUISITES

Prerequisites would be the general knowledge of the legal system, with its methods, its languages ​​and the foundations of some disciplines such as constitutional law, administrative law, European law and criminal law.

In the impossibility of relying on these prerequisites, teaching is adapted so as to be accessible and useful even if lacking

TEACHING METHODS

Teaching will be delivered in the form of a predominantly frontal lesson; Student participation in the classroom is encouraged.

"Students who have valid certification of physical or learning disabilities on file with the University and who wish to discuss possible accommodations or other circumstances regarding lectures, coursework and exams, should speak both with the instructor and with Professor Sara Ferrando (sara.ferrando@unige.it), the Department’s disability liaison.”

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

General legal notions

Principles of environmental law

Protection of soil and water

Waste regulation

Protection of the atmosphere

Environmental impact assessment and strategic environmental assessment

Integrated environmental authorisation

Soil Reclamation

Environmental responsibility

RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

We recommend using the teaching materials made available via aulaweb and Teams.

The manuals are heterogeneous, but tend to be set up in such a way as to presuppose skills and knowledge, which are specific to students who have already followed other law courses.

Therefore the teaching will not be connected with a specific manual.

With this warning you can see: Diritto dell'ambiente, edited by G. ROSSI, Giappichelli, 2021 General Part, chapter I, V: Second Part, chapter. III, IV, V, VIII, X, XI, XIII, XV; Part Three, chapter I, II, V, VII

TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD

LESSONS

LESSONS START

Lessons start will be communicated via aulaweb

Class schedule

ENVIRONMENTAL LAW

EXAMS

EXAM DESCRIPTION

Oral examination

ASSESSMENT METHODS

Three questions are usually asked:

-the first, broader, to verify the ability to organize thought, the order of concepts, the breadth of knowledge, the different levels (notional/critical/exemplary), the property of language

-the second and third more limited ones, to verify the completeness of the preparation in the various areas of the course program