DOVPV_AZP International and EU Law Aspects of Enviromental Protection

Faculty of Law
Autumn 2024
Extent and Intensity
0/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
JUDr. Vojtěch Vomáčka, Ph.D., LL.M. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
JUDr. Vojtěch Vomáčka, Ph.D., LL.M.
Department of Environmental Law and Land Law – Faculty of Law
Contact Person: Mgr. Iva Jančíková
Prerequisites (in Czech)
! DO3SZ01 Role evropského a mezinárodního práva v ochraně ŽP a ve veřejné správě
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The aim of the course is to analyse the dimension of environmental protection and public administration within the international and European regulation. The course focuses primarily on European Union law, including the case law of the Court of Justice of the European Union, but it also covers human rights protection under the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms and other international contractual and customary law. Particular attention is paid to the requirements for the performance of public administration and the measurement of individual public interests in planning and decision-making processes, the principles of environmental protection and the interpretation of key concepts based on superior legal regulation.
Learning outcomes
After completing the course, the student will have a detailed knowledge of the material necessary for further study and research in the field of his/her dissertation and will be able to:
- understand the background and principles of EU environmental regulation in terms of the focus of the dissertation;
- understand where and how these foundations and principles are applied at national level; he/she should be able to find the necessary sources, work with the case law of the Court of Justice and the ECtHR;
- identify areas in their dissertation that intersect with international and EU environmental protection, including the requirements for ensuring effective judicial protection;
- Identify and describe current trends in the field of international and EU protection that are relevant to the topic of the dissertation and may provide a basis for de lege ferenda recommendations.
Syllabus
  • The specific focus of the course may vary depending on the topic of the dissertation. Therefore, the specific content will always be specified within the ISP in agreement between the guarantor and the student so that the content framework is directed towards writing a quality part of the dissertation. The evaluation of the performance will be up to the guarantor who will award the grade. However, it is expected that the student will consult the material with other representatives of the disciplines and areas concerned. The syllabus may consist of, for example, the following headings:
  • - Analysis of the competences of the European Union and the Member States, application of the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality - in relation to the regulation which is the subject of the dissertation;
  • - the link between the topic of the dissertation and 1) the general principles of international environmental protection or the principles of Union environmental policy; 2) the specific requirements of international and Union environmental law;
  • - Ensuring the effectiveness and enforcement mechanisms of the analysed legislation in terms of specific requirements in the field of loyal cooperation and the fulfilment of obligations arising from EU law in the field of public administration and environmental protection;
  • - the work of international courts and the Court of Justice of the European Union in relation to environmental protection in the area under analysis;
  • - human rights aspects of public administration and environmental protection related to the topic of the dissertation, including specific claims for judicial protection.
Literature
    recommended literature
  • Další literatura doplněná garantem či školitelem s ohledem na zaměření dizertační práce
  • Research handbook on EU environmental law. Edited by Marjan Peeters - Mariolina Eliantonio. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2020, xxi, 524. ISBN 9781788970662. info
  • SANDS, Philippe, Jacqueline PEEL, Adriana FABRA AGUILAR and Ruth MACKENZIE. Principles of international environmental law. Fourth edition. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2018, lxviii, 96. ISBN 9781108431125. info
  • VOMÁČKA, Vojtěch. Stavební právo a požadavky Evropské unie v oblasti ochrany životního prostředí (Construction Law and European Union Requirements in the Field of Environmental Protection). Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2021, 243 pp. Spisy Právnické fakulty Masarykovy univerzity, řada teoretická, Edice Scientia, sv. č. 703. ISBN 978-80-210-9785-8. Open access knihy info
    not specified
  • DE SADELEER, Nicolas. EU environmental law and the internal market. 1st ed. pub. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2014, lv, 499. ISBN 9780199675432. info
Teaching methods
The basic teaching method is individual consultations, both with the guarantor and with other departmental staff and experts working in the field of the dissertation
Assessment methods
The evaluation is based on the fulfilment of the pre-agreed content set out in the ISP. Usually, it will be about the elaboration of a comprehensive part of the dissertation dealing with the examined material from the economic point of view or also from the point of view of administrative science.
Language of instruction
Czech
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2023, Autumn 2023, Spring 2024, Spring 2025.
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