Handbook

This course will provide students with an overview of the development of international environmental law throughout the twentieth century as well as the major theoretical and policy debates that surround it. Attention will primarily be devoted to the international legal responses to global and regional environmental and resource management issues. Basic principles will be discussed prior to taking a sectoral approach in looking at the application of international environmental law in certain specific issue areas. The course does not have an Australian focus. Rather, focus will be international legal and policy responses adopted to deal with environmental problems in an international and transboundary context.

Main Topics Likely to be considered

• International Environmental Governance
• States and non-state actors in international environmental law
• International watercourses
• The marine environment
• Nature protection and biological diversity
• Climate change and atmospheric pollution
• Waste