Магистратура 2023/2024

Международное регулирование и право окружающей среды

Статус: Курс обязательный (Экономика окружающей среды и устойчивое развитие)

Направление: 38.04.01. Экономика

Кто читает: Факультет мировой экономики и мировой политики

Где читается: Факультет мировой экономики и мировой политики

Когда читается: 2-й курс, 1, 2 модуль

Формат изучения: без онлайн-курса

Охват аудитории: для своего кампуса

Прогр. обучения: Экономика окружающей среды и устойчивое развитие

Язык: английский

Кредиты: 6

Контактные часы: 32

Course Syllabus

Abstract

This course focuses on binding and non-binding instruments applied at international level to govern global commons. The course aims as well to provide students with analysis of cases decided in international courts in regard to global environmental problems. Such environmental problems as air and water pollution, climate change, loss of biodiversity, land degradation, deforestation, nuclear pollution are within the scope of the course. Throughout the course, attention will be focused on interconnections between international environmental law and WTO law. The environmental problems are analyzed through legal and economic methods.

Learning Objectives

• to form basic understanding of international environmental legal regimes

Expected Learning Outcomes

• knows the structure of international law, it's sources and hierarchy of international law norms
• knows the structure of international environmental law, it's sources and hierarchy of international law norms
• uses specific terms and sources of the international environmental law
• applies the skills to analyse and solve cases and controversies in the sphere of International environmentallaw
• Analyzes the role of international trade in global environmental challenges

Course Contents

• Introduction to International Environmental Law (IEnvL); Development of IEnvL
• Sources and Principles of IEnvL
• State Responsibility and the Environment
• Trade, Development and Environment
• Ozone Depletion and Climate Change
• Freshwater and Marine Environment
• Conservation and Biological Diversity

Assessment Elements

• Active in-class participation
• Essay
• Exam

Interim Assessment

• 2023/2024 2nd module
  0.2 * Active in-class participation + 0.4 * Essay + 0.4 * Exam

Bibliography

Recommended Core Bibliography

• International environmental law and economics, Rao, P. K., 2002
• Research handbook on climate change and trade law, , 2016
• Soft law in public international law: a pragmatic or a principled choice? Comparing the Sustainable Development Goals and the Paris Agreement. (2018). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-77522-7_13

Recommended Additional Bibliography

• Research handbook on international energy law, , 2014