Natural Resources Law - HASO4

• Title: Natural Resources Law
• Guaranteed by: International Office (22-ZO)
• Faculty: Faculty of Law
• Actual: from 2022 to 2023
• Semester: winter
• Points: 0
• E-Credits: 6
• Examination process: winter s.:
• Hours per week, examination: winter s.:1/0, Ex [HT]
• 4EU+: no
• Virtual mobility / capacity: yes / unlimited
• Key competences: 4EU+ Flagship 2
• State of the course: taught
• Language: English
• Teaching methods: full-time
• Teaching methods: full-time
• Note: course can be enrolled in outside the study plan; enabled for web enrollment
• Guarantor: prof. JUDr. Milan Damohorský, DrSc.
• Teacher(s): prof. JUDr. Milan Damohorský, DrSc.; JUDr. Michal Sobotka, Ph.D.

Annotation

English

Last update: Ing. Svatava Marešová (19.10.2022)

The course will give to the students the fundamental information and knowledge of common, international, European and Czech legal regulation of using and protection of natural resources. Special attention will be given to energetic, nuclear and mining law in the climate change consequences.

Czech

Last update: doc. PhDr. Marta Chromá, Ph.D. (24.10.2019)

The course provides a comprehensive overview of the legal regulation of natural resources management at the international, EU and Czech national level. It deals with rules on the protection and sustainable use of both living and non-living natural resources , such as minerals, water, land and fauna and flora. It covers issues of energy generation from both conventional and non-conventional sources; it pays attention to specific legal regulation of marine resources exploitation and legal regime of resources of Antarctica. Students will acquire knowledge of main tools used in natural resources management with a focus on achieving sustainability, and will be provided with information enabling them to analyze relevant legal regulation of their home countries. The final exam is composed of a written test based on the knowledge transmitted during the course and a group presentation (2-4 students from at least two different countries) on a topic chosen from a list proposed by lecturers.

Syllabus

Last update: Ing. Svatava Marešová (07.08.2023)

Outline of the Course

Introduction to NRL. Mining Law Energetic Law. Nuclear law Renewable resources I. Renewable resources II. Fresh waters Biological diversity Fishing and hunting Soil and agriculture Forestry Course Goals / Learning Outcomes: The goal of the course is to give to the students general understanding of natural resources law problems in their mutual legal, social, economic and climatic consequences.

Reading List

Report on the Environment of the Czech Republic 2009 (Ministry of the Environment)
State Environmental Policy (2002-2010) (Ministry of the Environment)
State Energy Policy (Ministry of Industry and Trade, 2004)
The Raw Material Policy of the Czech Republic in the Field of Mineral Materials and their Resources (Ministry of Industry and Trade and Ministry of the Environment, 1999)
National Renewable Energy Action Plan of the Czech Republic (Ministry of Industry and Trade, 2010)
Conception of Water Management Policy of the Czech Republic for the Period after EU Accession (2004-2010) (Ministry of Agriculture)
Report on Forestry in the Czech Republic (Ministry of Agriculture, 2009)
Game Management in the Czech Republic (Ministry of Agriculture, 2004)
Convention on Biological Diversity (Rio de Janeiro, 1992)
United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (Montego Bay, 1982)

Final Examination:

Written test and group oral presentations on the selected topic (groups from various Erasmus universities) – comparison with the PPP

Means of communication: YouTube and MS Teams and/or Moodle

 

 

Requisites for virtual mobility

Last update: JUDr. David Kohout, Ph.D. (30.06.2022)

None