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Basic of Environmental Law

Type of study Bachelor
Language of instruction Czech
Code 546-0124/03
Abbreviation ZEP
Course title Basic of Environmental Law
Credits 3
Coordinating department Department of Environmental Engineering
Course coordinator prof. Ing. Vladimír Lapčík, CSc.

Subject syllabus

1. Constitutional Foundations of Environmental Protection (Constitution of the Czech Republic, Charter of Fundamental Rights and Freedoms, and their relation to environmental protection)
2. General Legal Framework of Environmental Protection (Act No. 17/1992 Coll., on the Environment, access to information, Aarhus Convention, public participation)
3. International and European Context of Environmental Protection (Implementation of EU law, international conventions and cooperation, Natura 2000 – Sites of Community Importance and Special Protection Areas)
4. Nature and Landscape Protection (Nature protection authorities, instruments, responsibilities, public and municipal participation, property rights restrictions, obligations of investors)
5. Air Protection (Legal framework, emission limits, instruments for pollution reduction)
6. Water Protection (Care for water resources, legal regulation of surface and groundwater)
7. Waste Management and Packaging (Legal regulation of waste and packaging materials)
8. Soil and Mineral Resources Protection (Agricultural and forest land protection, use of mineral resources)
9. Protection Against Noise and Vibrations (Legal instruments to prevent harmful environmental impacts)
10. Public Health Protection (Legal framework for public health protection in relation to the environment)
11. Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA/SEA), Unified Environmental Opinion (JES), and Spatial Planning (Legal framework, relation to nature protection, assessment of impacts on the territory, links to decision-making processes)
12. Environmental Liability (Act on the Prevention and Remedying of Environmental Damage, prevention, liability)
13. Administrative Procedures and Legal Responsibility in Environmental Protection (Principles of administrative authorities’ activity, decisions, legal force, appeals, reviews, reopening of proceedings, administrative offenses and penalties)

Literature

MENELL Peter, S. Environmental Law. Routledge Revivals, Taylor & Francis Ltd., 2018. ISBN13 (EAN): 9781138721647
KRÄMER, L. EC Environmental Law. London: Sweet & Maxwell, 2000.
KISS, A. and D. SHELTON. Manual of European Environmental Law. Cambridge: Grotius Publications, Cambridge University Press, 1994.
SANDS, P. Principles of International Environmental Law. Vol. I. Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1995.

Advised literature

KRÄMER, L. Focus on European Environmental Law. London, 1997.
HOLLO. E. and K. MARTTINEN. North European Environmental Law. Helsinky: Hakapaino Oy, 1995.
SEERDEN, R. and M. HELDEWEG (Editors). Comparative Environmental Law in Europe. 1996.
JANS, J. European Environmental Law. Hague, London, Boston, 1995.
Environmental Acts of the Czech Republic and the Europe Union.