LA4011 - Environmental Law

Credit points:	03
Year:	2008
Student Contribution Band:	Band 3
Administered by:	School of Law Office

Available to level 4 LLB students.

The subject will critically examine the legal controls, including common law, legislation, policies and international conventions, that are available to protect the environment in Australia and, in particular, in Queensland.

Learning Outcomes

• achieve a sound understanding of international, Commonwealth, State and local environmental legal systems;
• achieve an ability to critically analyse the current environmental legal framework;
• achieve an awareness of local, national and global environmental issues and evaluate the law's response to these issues.

Graduate Qualities

• The ability to think critically, to analyse and evaluate claims, evidence and arguments;
• The ability to adapt knowledge to new situations;
• The ability to define and to solve problems in at least one discipline area;
• The acquisition of coherent and disciplined sets of skills, knowledge, values and professional ethics from at least one discipline area;
• The ability to work individually and independently;
• The ability to select and use appropriate tools and technologies.

Prerequisites:

[(LA2015 and LA2016) or LA2003] and (LA3105 or LA2014 or LA2004)

Availabilities
Townsville, Limited, Study Period 2
Census Date 05-Sep-2008
Face to face teaching (Mixed mode delivery online and via seminars/workshops with maximum face to face contact of 15 hours)
Coordinator:	Ms Dominique Thiriet
Lecturer:	Ms Mandy Shircore.
Contact hours:	15 hours workshops/Seminars - Up to 15 hours of face to face contact.
Assessment:	end of semester exam (50%); assignments (50%).
Cairns, Limited, Study Period 2
Census Date 05-Sep-2008
Face to face teaching (Mixed mode delivery online and via seminars/workshops with maximum face to face contact of 15 hours.)
Coordinator:	Ms Dominique Thiriet
Lecturer:	Ms Mandy Shircore.
Contact hours:	15 hours workshops/Seminars - Up to 15 hours of face to face contact.
Assessment:	end of semester exam (50%); assignments (50%).

Note: Minor variations might occur due to the continuous Subject quality improvement process, and in case of minor variation(s) in assessment details, the Subject Outline represents the latest official information.