INTERNATIONAL AND CZECH ENVIRONMENTAL LAW


                              Ass. Prof. JUDr. Ilona Jančářová, Ph.D.

                                E-mail: Ilona.Jancarova@law.muni.cz

                                  Office No. 220 (Global Street)


Wednesday:  11.10 – 12.40, room 031.

Course schedule – autumn 2017:

1.      27.9.2017

IEL - International environmental law. Global environmental problems, sources of the international
environmental law, environmental treaties and their characteristics, principles of  IEL.

(Ass.Prof. JUDr. Ilona Jančářová, Ph.D.)


2.      4.10.2017

CEL - Czech environmental law - regulatory structure, principles, sources of the law. Environment
and the Czech Constitution. Liability system in Czech environmental law.

(Ass.Prof.  JUDr. Ilona Jančářová, Ph.D.)


3.      11.10.2017

IEL - International treaties in the field of air protection, ozone layer protection, global climate
change. Trail Smelter case.

(Ass.Prof. JUDr. Ilona Jančářová, Ph.D.)


4.      18.10.2017

CEL - Air protection, ozone layer protection, global climate change.

(Ass.Prof.  JUDr. Ilona Jančářová, Ph.D.)


5.      25.10.2017

IEL - International treaties in the field of inland water protection. Lake Lanoux case.
Gabcikovo-Nagymaros case.

(Ass.Prof.  JUDr. Ilona Jančářová, Ph.D.)


6.      1.11.2017

CEL - Protection of inland waters.

(Ass.Prof.  .JUDr. Ilona Jančářová, Ph.D.)


7.      8.11.2017

IEL - International treaties in the field of the cultural heritage of Mankind. Nature protection.
Tasmania case.

(Ass.Prof.  JUDr. Ilona Jančářová, Ph.D.)


8.      15.11.2017

CEL - Nature protection.

(.Ass.Prof. JUDr. Ilona Jančářová, Ph.D.)


9.      22.11.2017

IEL - International treaties in the field of hazardous activities.

(Ass.Prof.  JUDr. Ilona Jančářová, Ph.D.)


10.  29.11.2017

CEL - Legal regime of waste disposal

(Mgr. Jakub Hanák, Ph.D.)


11.  6.12.2017

IEL + CEL - Aarhus Convention. The right to information on the environment and participation of the
public in the environmental protection.

(Mgr. Vojtěch Vomáčka, Ph.D.)


12.  13.12.2017

Environmental Impact assessment. Participation of the public. Astravyets nuclear power plant case.

(Ass.Prof.  JUDr. Ilona Jančářová, Ph.D.)








International and Czech Environmental Law


Language of instruction:

English

Semester:

Autumn, Spring

Form, teaching hours:

Lectures, 24 hours altogether

Course co-ordinator:

Dpt. of Environmental Law

Doc. JUDr. Ilona Jančářová, Ph.D.

E-mail: Ilona.Jancarova@law.muni.cz

Lecturer:

Doc.JUDr. Ilona Jančářová, Ph.D., Mgr. Vojtěch Vomáčka, Ph.D., Mgr. Jakub Hanák, Ph.D., Mgr.
Dominik Žídek,

ECTS credits:

6

Examination – credit requirements:

1. Semester paper/presentation

2. Discussion on the semester paper and topics

3. Written exam



Written exam:     min. 60% of correct answers = E  (A-F)



Assessment of  the semester paper:      -    excellent  (+1)

-         good  (0)

-         failed (F).










Textbooks:


Gillespie, A.: Conservation, Biodiversity and International Law, Edward Elgar Publ., 2011, 600 ps.

Sands, P.: Principles of International Environmental Law, 2nd edition, Cambridge University Press,
2004, 1116 ps.

Fitzmaurice, M., Ong, D.M., Merkouris, P.(Eds.): Research Handbook on International Environmental
Law, Edward Elgar Publishing, 2010, 703 ps.

Bodansky, D., Brunée, J., Hey, E.(Eds.): The Oxford Handbook of International Environmental Law,
Oxford University Press, 2010, 1080 p.

Jančářová, I..: Environmental Law. Selected international treaties and Czech national regulations.
2., nezměněné vydání. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2011. 83 s. Edice multimediálních učebních textů
č. 69. ISBN 978-80-210-5445-5.



Additional reading:

IS - SOC002  database