Poslední úprava: Ing. Svatava Marešová (07.08.2023)
Outline of the Course
- The state of the environment (global, European and national level). International, Europeanand Czech environmental policy Environmental law (system, principles, instruments), transposition and implementation of international and EU environmental law, institutional safeguards for environmental protection
- Access to environmental information, public participation in environmental decision-making. Ownership and environmental protection. Role of the justice (courts) in the protection of environment
- Main horizontal legislation I: Land-use planning
- Main horizontal legislation II: EIA, IPPC
- The liability system of environmental protection
- Air pollution regulation. Earth’s climate system protection
- Water resources protection
- Biodiversity and nature protection
- Agriculture land and forest protection
- Regulation of sources of endangerment: Waste
Course Goals:
The goal of the course is to give to the students general understanding of the environmental problems in their mutual consequences and of the role of the environmental law.
Reading List
DAMOHORSKÝ, M.: Czech Environmental Law, 2nd edition, Charles University, Prague, 2006
KISS, A. - SHELTON, D.: Manual of European Environmental Law, Cambridge University Press, 2nd Edition, 1997
KRÄMER, L.: European Environmental Law, Sweet and Maxwell, 6th Edition, 2007
KRÄMER, L.: Casebook on European Environmental Law, Hart, 2002
SCHEUER, S. (ed.): EC Environmental Policy Handbook - A critical Analysis of EU Environmental Legislation, EEB, 2005
State Environmental Policy (2002-2010), Ministry of the Environment
Report of the Environment of the Czech republic 2007