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Environmental Law - LCP4805

Under Graduate Degree Semester module NQF level: 8 Credits: 12
Module presented in English
Pre-requisite: ADL2601, CSL2601 & PVL3703
Recommendation: Should be taken together with or follow on SCL1501 and ILW1501
Purpose: The module is designed to cover the principles of environmental law and to equip students with skills, knowledge and attitudes to apply the law relating to the environment in practice and to solve problems relating to environmental law. The module is informed by transformative teaching and learning principles and incorporates various transformation values including equity, access, participation, social justice and responsibility based on a constitutional democracy, equipping students to accept their responsibility towards the realisation of a just society. The module is aimed at those employed in the public sector and in private practice (legal advisors, government officials and legal practitioners) who are involved with the conservation, protection and management of the environment.