NVV11Zk Environmental Policy

Faculty of Law
Spring 2025

The course is not taught in Spring 2025

Extent and Intensity
0/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. JUDr. Ilona Jančářová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. JUDr. Jakub Hanák, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. JUDr. Vojtěch Vomáčka, Ph.D., LL.M. (lecturer)
JUDr. Dominik Židek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
JUDr. Jiří Vodička, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. JUDr. Ilona Jančářová, Ph.D.
Department of Environmental Law and Land Law – Faculty of Law
Contact Person: Vladimíra Vraná
Supplier department: Department of Environmental Law and Land Law – Faculty of Law
Prerequisites (in Czech)
!OBOR(PR) && !OBOR(PR01)
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 58 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/58, only registered: 0/58, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/58
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
This course will provide information on the current state of the environment and selected 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. Environmental policy players. Participation of the public in environmental protection. Aarhus Convention. 3. Global environmental problems I.: ozone layer depletion, acid rains, global warming, marine pollution, biodiversity. 4. Global and regional environmental problems II. 5. Basic strategies to control environmental pollution a) without the state intervention, b) with the state intervention. 6. Instruments to control the pollution
Literature
    recommended literature
  • Jančářová, I.:Ekologická politika, MU Brno, 2004
  • Šauer P., Livingston M. Eds.: Ekonomie životního prostředí a ekologická politika - vybrané klasické stati, Praha 1996
  • P.R.Portney, Ed.: Public Policies for Environmental Protection, Pbs. Resources for the Future, Washington D.C., 1991
  • The World Commission on Environment and Development: Our Common Future, Oxford University Press 1987
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
Written test, blank form. Requirement at least 50% of right answers.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught in blocks.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 12 hod. přednášek za semestr / 12 hrs of lectures per semester.
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