INTERNATIONAL AND CZECH ENVIRONMENTAL LAW


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

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

                                  Office No. 220 (Global Street)


Monday:  10.00 – 11.40, room 214


Course schedule – autumn 2020:


1.      5.10.2020

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.      12.10.2020

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.      19.10.2020

IEL - International treaties in the field of global climate change. Trail Smelter case and
international treaties in the field of transboundary air pollution.

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


4.      26.10.2020

CEL - Air protection. Stationary and mobile sources of pollution.

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


5.      2.11.2020

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

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


6.      9.11.2020

CEL - Protection of inland waters.

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


7.      16.11.2020

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

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


8.      23.11.2020

CEL - Nature protection.

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


9.      30.11.2020

IEL - International treaties in the field of hazardous activities.

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


10.  7.12.2020

CEL - Legal regime of waste disposal

(JUDr. Jakub Hanák, Ph.D.)


11.  14.12.2020

Environmental Impact assessment.

Case study: Astravyets nuclear power plant case.

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


12.  4.1.2021

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

(JUDr. Dominik Židek, Ph.D.)


On-line lectures:


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International and Czech Environmental Law


Language of instruction:

English

Semester:

Autumn, Spring

Form, teaching hours:

Lectures on line (MS TEAMS), 24 hours altogether

Course co-ordinator:

Dpt. of Environmental Law

doc. JUDr. Ilona Jančářová, Ph.D.

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

Lecturers:

doc.JUDr. Ilona Jančářová, Ph.D., JUDr. Vojtěch Vomáčka, Ph.D., JUDr. Jakub Hanák, Ph.D., JUDr.
Dominik Židek, Ph.D.

ECTS credits:

6

Examination – credit requirements:

1. Semester paper (5-10 ps.)

2. Written exam (open questions)



Written exam:     min. 50% of correct answers = E  (A-F)



Assessment of  the semester paper:   -    excellent  (+A) – improves the result of the test
by

one grade

-          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