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Courses Handbook 2015

This handbook contains information on courses and components (majors, minors, streams and units) at Curtin in 2015.
Information for the previous year's courses and units is available at Courses Handbook 2014.

BLAW3012 (v.1) Environmental Law and Policy

Area: Curtin Law School
Credits: 25.0
Contact Hours: 4.0
TUITION PATTERNS: The tuition pattern provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. Precise information is included in the unit outline.
Lecture: 1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Tutorial: 1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Equivalent(s): 314303 (v.1) Environmental Law and Policy 300 or any previous version
Prerequisite(s):     314283 (v.1) Constitutional Law 200 or any previous version
    OR
    CONS2000 (v.1) Constitutional Law
AND
    314284 (v.1) Administrative Law 200 or any previous version
    OR
    LAWS2002 (v.1) Administrative Law
AND
    Admission into 314308 (v.1) Bachelor of Laws or any previous version
    OR
    Admission into B-LAWS (v.1) Bachelor of Laws
UNIT REFERENCES, TEXTS, OUTCOMES AND ASSESSMENT DETAILS: The most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes, will be provided in the unit outline.
Syllabus: This unit examines key legal principles and statutory regimes at both State and Commonwealth level which are intended to achieve the goals of sustainable development and environmental protection. Topics studied include the policy goals underpinning environmental regulation and sustainable development law, constitutional allocation of regulatory responsibility for environmental protection, the mix of regulatory, economic and voluntary measures utilised to achieve sustainability goals, the policy values underlying the choice of regulatory technique, key statutory regimes, and central environmental law principles such as the precautionary principle, inter-generational equity and the 'polluter pays' principle. Issues such as land use planning, environmental impact assessment, natural resource management and biodiversity protection are discussed. Alternative regimes in other jurisdictions, including overseas jurisdictions, are considered, as is the relationship between environmental matters and indigenous rights.
Field of Education: 090901 Business and Commercial Law
Result Type: Grade/Mark


Availability

Year Location Period Internal Partially Online Internal Area External Central External Fully Online
2015 Bentley Campus Trimester 3B Y        

Area External refers to external course/units run by the School or Department or offered by research.

Central External refers to external and online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area

Partially Online Internal refers to some (a portion of) learning provided by interacting with or downloading pre-packaged material from the Internet but with regular and ongoing participation with a face-to-face component retained. Excludes partially online internal course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External

Fully Online refers to the main (larger portion of) mode of learning provided via Internet interaction (including the downloading of pre-packaged material on the Internet). Excludes online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External


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