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International and EU Environmental Law

Code Cours
2021-FDL-LAW-EN-4010
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Language of instruction
French, English
This course occurs in the following program(s)
Master 1 Droit international européen et comparé - Crédits ECTS: 0.00
Master 1 International and European Law (Anglophone) - Crédits ECTS: 0.00
Period
S2

Présentation

Modalités

Forms of instruction

24h of effective presence

Assessment is divided in three parts.

1) Attendance of the lectures is required and students are expected to have read through all the required reading for the week, to have done a reasonable amount of preparation, and finally to actively take part in the discussions (15% of the end mark)

2) Students are expected to write an individual paper discuss a specific legal issue under a policy area which may not be touched upon substantially during the general conduct of the course (20% of the end mark)

3) There will be a final exam at the end of the course (Part II of the course) in which the general knowledge acquired by the students during the course will be evaluated. The final exam will be composed of both a multiple choice section and open questions (65% of the end mark)

Evaluation
Examen : coeff. 1

Ressources

Bibliography

<b>Class books:</b>|||| <b>Advised</b><b> books:</b>|||| - Any general textbook on International Environmental Law (examples):|||| "Guide to International Environmental Law", A. Kiss and D. Shelton|| "The Art and Craft of International Environmental Law", D. Bodansky|| "Principles of International Environmental Law 2nd Edition", P. Sands|| "The Oxford Handbook of International Environmental Law (Oxford Handbooks in Law)", D. Bodansky|| “International Law and the Environment”, P.W. Birnie and A. E. Boyle|| “International Law and Sustainable Development”, A. E. Boyle and D. Freestone|| “International Courts and Environmental Protection (Cambridge Studies in International and Comparative Law)”, T. Stephens|| “Non-Compliance Procedures and Mechanisms and the Effectiveness of International Environmental Agreements”, T. Treves et al.|||||| - Journal articles and papers (examples):|||| “The evolution of sustainable development in international law”, N. Schrijver|| “Litigating Environmental Disputes: Courts, Tribunals and the Progressive Development of International Environmental Law”, P. Sands|| “International Environmental Law After Rio”, P. Sand|||| - Cases (examples):|||| ICJ case law|||| Trail Smelter case (United States/Canada), ICJ reports 16 April 1938 and 11 March 1941, Volume III pp. 1905-1982|| http://untreaty.un.org/cod/riaa/cases/vol_III/1905-1982.pdf|||| Gabcikovo-Nagymaros case (Hungary/Slovakia), ICJ Reports 1997, 7|| http://www.icj-cij.org/docket/files/92/7375.pdf|||| Fadeyeva v. Russia case, (Application No. 55723/00) on 9 June 2005, European Court of Human Rights (Human Rights)|| http://cmiskp.echr.coe.int/tkp197/view.asp?action=html&amp;documentId=776295&amp;portal=hbkm&amp;source=externalbydocnumber&amp;table=F69A27FD8FB86142BF01C1166DEA398649|||| Shrimp Turtles case, AB-1998-4, 12 October 1998; 38 ILM (1999), 118 (Trade and Environment)|| Summary http://www.wto.org/english/tratop_e/dispu_e/cases_e/ds58_e.htm||||||