MV411K Environmental Policy

Faculty of Law
Spring 2022
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
doc. JUDr. Ilona Jančářová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
JUDr. Jiří Vodička, Ph.D. (lecturer)
JUDr. Jana Tkáčiková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. JUDr. Jakub Hanák, Ph.D. (lecturer)
JUDr. Vojtěch Vomáčka, Ph.D., LL.M. (lecturer)
JUDr. Dominik Židek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. JUDr. Ilona Jančářová, Ph.D.
Department of Environmental Law and Land Law – Faculty of Law
Contact Person: Zuzana Suchá
Supplier department: Department of Environmental Law and Land Law – Faculty of Law
Timetable
Mon 21. 2. to Fri 20. 5. each even Monday 10:00–11:40 316
  • Timetable of Seminar Groups:
MV411K/01: Mon 28. 2. to Fri 20. 5. each odd Monday 10:00–11:40 316, J. Hanák, I. Jančářová, J. Vodička, V. Vomáčka, D. Židek
Prerequisites (in Czech)
! MV411Zk Environmental Policy
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 25 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 12/25, only registered: 2/25, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 2/25
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
  • Law (programme PrF, PR_)
  • Law (programme PrF, M-PPV)
Course objectives
This course will provide information on the current state of the environment and problems related to it on the national, EU and worldwide scale. The students will be acquainted with the political and legal means of environmental protection and care, and with the barriers of their application and its effectiveness.
Learning outcomes
The student will be able: - to figure out his/her own attitude to the environment, - to get better orientation in global environmental problems, their causes and consequences, - to assess the significance of human activities on the environment, - to identify relevant regulatory instruments in respect of specific situations.
Syllabus
  • 1. Environmental policy, definition, aims, subject. Basic concepts. Basic social attitudes to the environment. 2. Renewable and non-renewable sources of energy. Renewable sources and electric power production in the Czech environmental policy. 3. Environmental policy players. Participation of the public in environmental protection. Aarhus Convention. 4. Global environmental problems - oozone layer depletion, acid rains,global warming, marine pollution. 5. Basic strategies to control environmental pollution a) without the state intervention, b) with the state intervention. Instruments to control the pollution I. 6. Wastes and the ways of legal regulation of their production and disposal. 7. Pollution reduction and regulation tools II. 8. Environmental friendly products and agriculture. 9. Forest as a natural resource. 10. Environmental protection and the public health. 11. Topics of the day in the Czech environmetal legal regulation. 12. Animals as the subject of protection. Problems of biological diversity. Methods of regulation. 13. EU environmental policy.
Literature
    required literature
  • Jančářová, I.:Ekologická politika, MU Brno, 2004
    recommended literature
  • P.R.Portney, Ed.: Public Policies for Environmental Protection, Pbs. Resources for the Future, Washington D.C., 1991
  • Jančářová I.: Mezinárodní smlouvy na ochranu životního prostředí - vybrané otázky, MU Brno, 1997
  • Šauer P., Livingston M. Eds.: Ekonomie životního prostředí a ekologická politika - vybrané klasické stati, Praha 1996
  • Viturka, M.: Základy environmentální ekonomie, Brno, 1997
  • The World Commission on Environment and Development: Our Common Future, Oxford University Press 1987
  • Coase R.: Problém společenských nákladů
  • Hardin G.: Tragika společného vlastnictví
  • Tietenberg T.H.: Řízení stacionárních zdrojů znečištění ovzduší s využitím převoditelných povolení ke znečišťování
  • Ročenky životního prostředí, MŽP ČR, každoročně
Teaching methods
Interactive lectures and discussions. Participation of students in the form of one short presentation related to the selected topic in the program.
Assessment methods
Short presentation/written assignment on one selected topic in the program. Written test, blank form. Requirement at least 50% of right answers.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
General note: Výuka probíhá každý týden a to: 50 min přednáška a 50 min seminář.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2023, Spring 2024, Spring 2025.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2022, recent)
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