law3ccl climate law
CLIMATE LAW
LAW3CCL
2019
Credit points: 15
Subject outline
Climate change presents many complex and long-term challenges for society, economy and environment. This subject considers the way in which law and legal regimes can contribute to addressing these challenges and the way legal frameworks might need to be re-conceptualized and changed to respond.This subject examines the international legal framework under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and Paris Agreement, including questions of mitigation, adaptation and loss and damage. It also examines transnational forms of climate change regulation, including through carbon markets and other voluntary measures as well as the ways in which law can promote transitions to a low-carbon society. The course also covers Australian regulatory measures to address climate change, looking at federal, state and local law. The subject concludes by looking at the growth in litigation to respond to climate challenges as well as the interaction between climate change andother legal regimes, such as trade and human rights.
SchoolLa Trobe Law School
Credit points15
Subject Co-ordinatorJulia Dehm
Available to Study Abroad StudentsYes
Subject year levelYear Level 3 - UG
Exchange StudentsYes
Subject particulars
Subject rules
Prerequisites LAW1CRL AND LAW2FPL
Co-requisites NA
Incompatible subjects NA
Equivalent subjects NA
Special conditionsN/A
Learning resources
Readings
Resource Type | Title | Resource Requirement | Author and Year | Publisher |
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Readings | International Climate Change Law | Prescribed | Latest edition, Daniel Bodansky, Jutta Brunnée, and Lavanya Rajamani | Oxford University Press |
Readings | The Paris Agreement on Climate Change: Analysis and Commentary | Recommended | Latest edition, Daniel Klein, María Pía Carazo, Meinhard Doelle, Jane Bulmer and Andrew Higham (eds) | Oxford University Press |
Graduate capabilities & intended learning outcomes
01. Recognize and describe the different legal regimes and principles applicable to climate change governance
- Activities:
- Seminars; negotiation exercise; essay
- Related graduate capabilities and elements:
- Inquiry and Analytical Skills(Critical Thinking,Inquiry/Research)
02. Analyse and evaluate the effectiveness, efficiency and equity of different legal responses to climate change
- Activities:
- Seminars; negotiation exercise; essay
- Related graduate capabilities and elements:
- Inquiry and Analytical Skills(Critical Thinking,Inquiry/Research)
03. Locate by means of legal research, materials relating to the problem of climate change and its legal regulation, and write well composed, concise and accurately cited legal analysis.
- Activities:
- Essay
- Related graduate capabilities and elements:
- Inquiry and Analytical Skills(Critical Thinking,Inquiry/Research)
04. Through collaborative processes analyse, generate and transmit legal solutions to complex problems related to climate change governance
- Activities:
- Seminars; negotiation exercise
- Related graduate capabilities and elements:
- Inquiry and Analytical Skills(Critical Thinking,Inquiry/Research)
Subject options
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Melbourne, 2019, Winter semester, Blended
Overview
Online enrolmentYes
Maximum enrolment sizeN/A
Enrolment information
Subject Instance Co-ordinatorJulia Dehm
Class requirements
Block ModeWeek: 27 - 28
Five 7.0 hours block mode per study period on any day including weekend during the day from week 27 to week 28 and delivered via blended.
Assessments
Assessment element | Comments | % | ILO* |
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Negotiation exercise and reflection (1500 words) | Submitted and assessed online | 30 | 01, 02, 04 |
2 x on-line quizzes (500 each) | submitted and assessed online | 20 | 01, 02 |
Research Essay Proposal (500 words) | Submitted and assessed online | 5 | 01, 02, 03 |
Essay (2000 words) | Submitted and assessed online | 45 | 01, 02, 03 |