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| Studiengänge >> Integrierte Managementsysteme 2023 M.Sc. >> Environmental Law |
| Code: | 239750 |
| Module title: | Environmental Law |
| Version: | 1.0 (04/2018) |
| Last update: | 28.09.2022 |
| Responsible person: | Prof. Dr.-Ing. Hildebrandt, Jakob Jakob.Hildebrandt@hszg.de |
| Offered in 6 study courses: | Biotechnology and Applied Ecology (M.Sc.) valid from class 2019 | Integrated Management (M.Sc.) valid from class 2020 | Integrated Management (M.Sc.) valid from class 2021 | Integrated Management Systems (M.Sc.) valid from class 2023 | Integrated Management Systems (M.Sc.) valid from class 2025 | International Management (M.Sc.) valid from class 2019 |
| Semester according to time table: | SoSe+WiSe (summer and winter semester) |
| Module level: | Master |
| Duration: | 1 semester |
| Status: | compulsory module (major subject) |
| Place where the module will be offered: | Zittau |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
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| * | Overall workload per module (1 ECTS credit corresponds to a workload of 30 hours) |
| ** | One semester credit hour (SCH) corresponds to a workload / class meeting of 45 minutes per week in a semester |
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| Learning and teaching methods: | Lectures (4 SWS), exercises (1 SWS) and self-study. The teaching language is English. |
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| Assessment | Major written exam | 180 min | 100.0% |
| Syllabus plan/Content: | The module covers environmental and nature conservation law, environmental impact assessment, hazardous materials classes and their management. |
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| Subject-specific skills and competences: | After successful completion of the module the students are enabled with following skills and competencies: • Students know the basics of civil law and are able to apply the generally applicable legal regulations. • They understand the basic legal principles in environmental law (precautionary principle, polluter pays principle, principle of common burden, cooperation principle, subsidiarity principle) and they know the legal sources and levels of standardization (international environmental law, EU law, environmental law at federal, state and local level). • Students are familiar with international agreements related to biodiversity. • They are able to apply intervention and compensation regulations under nature conservation law. • They are also familiar with the basic principles of determining the relevance of environmental projects for approval/obligation to prepare an environmental impact assessment. • They are able to independently carry out approval and EIA procedures or to participate in them. • The students have knowledge of the legally compliant handling of hazardous substances and the European chemicals policy REACh; on this basis, the students can create hazardous substance inventories and protection level-related workplace analyses (according to GefStoffV). • The students are able to formulate and evaluate operating instructions, to conduct disposal concepts and verifications and are competent to make decisions in environmental law issues. |
| Generic competences (Personal and key skills): | The module enables students to acquire analytical skills as well as in-depth knowledge and (i) to link specialist content and its relevance to operational processes; (ii) to acquire factual knowledge and specialist knowledge with regard to nature conservation policy, environmental, climate and energy policy/legal requirements and demands in the operational and social sphere; (iii) to acquire decision-making skills with regard to issues of environmental and nature conservation law in operational practice. |
| Pre-requisites: | None |
| Literature: | Knopp, Lothar & Epstein, Alicia & Hoffmann, Jan. (2019). International and European Environmental Law with Reference to German Environmental Law, 2nd edition, Logos, 2019. van Zeben, Josephine & Rowell, K.. (2020). A Guide to EU Environmental Law. 10.1525/9780520968059. Nanda, V., & Pring, G. (. (12 Oct. 2012). International Environmental Law and Policy for the 21st Century. Leiden, Niederlande: Brill | Nijhoff. doi: https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004250239 Nature policies and landscape policies: Towards an Alliance, edited by Gambino R Peano A, 51–58. Cham: Springer Deutscher Taschenbuchverlag (Hrsg.) (2021): Umweltrecht. Beck-Texte im dtv, 30. Aufl. Kottula, M. (2017): Umweltrecht – Grundstrukturen und Fälle. 7. Aufl., Boorberg Verlag Stuttgart Storm; P.-Chr. (2015): Umweltrecht: Einführung. 10. Auflage; Erich Schmidt Verlag Sommer, P.; Delakowitz, B. (2010): Umwelt- und arbeitsschutzrechtlicher Rahmen für Unternehmen. In: Kramer, M. (Hrsg.): Integratives Umweltmanagement, Gabler Verlag Wiesbaden, S. 207-255 Kröger; D. (2001): Umweltrecht – schnell erfasst. Springer Beckert; Chr. (2008): TA-Lärm: technische Anleitung zum Schutz gegen Lärm mit Erläuterungen.- Erich Schmidt Verlag UBA (Hrsg.) (2021): Erneuerbare Energien in Zahlen. Stand: Mai 2021, online im Internet unter: https://www.umweltbundesamt.de/themen/klima-energie/erneuerbare-energien/erneuerbare-energien-in-zahlen#uberblick (Stand: 25.05.2021). |