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 2023:


1.      25.9.2023

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.      2.10.2023

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.      9.10.2023

IEL - Climate change and international law.

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


4.      16.10.2023

IEL - International treaties in the field of air protection. Trail Smelter case.

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

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


5.      23.10.2023

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

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


6.      30.10.2023

CEL - Protection of inland waters.

(JUDr. Jiří Vodička, Ph.D..)


7.      6.11.2023

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

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


8.      13.11.2023

CEL - Nature protection.

(JUDr. Vojtěch Vomáčka, Ph.D.)


9.      20.11.2023

IEL - International treaties in the field of hazardous activities.

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


10.  27.11.2023

CEL - Legal regime of waste disposal

(JUDr. Jakub Hanák, Ph.D.)


11.  4.12.2023

Environmental Impact assessment.

Case study: Astravyets nuclear power plant case.

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


12.  11.12.2023

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.)


13.  18.12.2023

EXAM - written test.





International and Czech Environmental Law


Language of instruction:

English

Semester:

Autumn, Spring

Form, teaching hours:

Lectures, 24 hours alltogether

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., JUDr. Vojtěch Vomáčka, Ph.D., JUDr. Jakub Hanák, Ph.D., JUDr.
Dominik Židek, Ph.D., JUDr. Jiří Vodička, Ph.D.

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