LP303ZK Environmental Law

Faculty of Law
Spring 2010
Extent and Intensity
20/0. 10 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
JUDr. Jana Dudová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. JUDr. Ilona Jančářová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. JUDr. Ing. Milan Pekárek, CSc. (lecturer)
doc. JUDr. Ivana Průchová, CSc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. JUDr. Ilona Jančářová, Ph.D.
Contact Person: Mgr. Naděžda Špirudová
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The aim of this module is to understand the legal regulation of environmental protection, especially to provide students with the overall awareness of business related issues of environmental protection. It will concentrate on emissions of polluting substances into the environment and the conflict of interests in land use from the environmental point of view. Students should understand problems regarding: legal requirements for environmental protection in investment activities legal requirements for environmental protection in business operations different forms of public administration activities and the system of public administration procedural aspects of environmental protection liability for damages and for inconsistency with the regulatory requirements approach of CR, EU and US legislation to the environmental protection
Syllabus
  • Environmental protection in the Czech, European and international legal systems. History of the Czech environmental law. The position of the environmental law in the Czech legal system and related problems. Sources of environmental law and its basic principles. Public administration and other persons and their role in environmental law. System of public authorities, forms of their activities. Their competence and powers. The role of the public in the environmental protection. Conflict of interests in a particular area.. Environmental requirements set by the law that must be met by investors in the procedures under the Construction Act. Aspects of soil, water, air and nature protection, cultural heritage protection. Practical implication. Environmental impact assessment. The procedure for assessing the impact of given buildings, activities, technologies, programs and plans to the environment. Practical implication. Integrated prevention and pollution control. Defining of the facilities under the IPPC permit system, procedure, legal requirements, inspections. Practical implication. Legal regulation of the air protection, water protection, nature protection, agricultural and forest land protection and use. Direct and economic regulatory tools. The basic legal duties of individual persons. Permitting processes. Case studies. Legal regulation of waste disposal and requirements for packing of products. Basic legal duties of individual persons involved in production and dispose of the waste. Administrative and economic tools and sanctions. Import and export of waste. Case studies. Chemical substances. Prevention of serious accidents. Legal tools for dealing with dangerous substances. Emergency planning. Case studies. Health protection. Liability in the environmental law; criminal liability, liability for damage and ecological damage, liability for the breach of the law, enforcement. Case studies of claims and disputes. Procedural issues. The right to own a property and environmental protection requirements. The environmental protection in Constitutional law. The right to a favorable environment and ways how to enforce it. Case studies.
Literature
  • Pekárek, M. a kolektiv, Právo životního prostředí III. Díl, MU Brno, 2007
  • Pekárek, M. a kolektiv, Právo životního prostředí II. Díl, MU Brno, 2006
  • Pekárek, M., Jančářová, I.: Právo životního prostředí I..díl, MU, Brno, 2002
  • Damohorský, M. a kol: Právo životního prostředí, C.H.Beck, Praha, 2007
Assessment methods
Assignment in written form.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2008, Spring 2009, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Spring 2011, Autumn 2011, Spring 2012, Autumn 2012, Spring 2013, Autumn 2013, Spring 2014, Autumn 2014, Spring 2015, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2018.
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