LAW 498 Environment Protection Law (3 credit-hours)

The study will include aspects of Environmental Law, generally with regard to management, coordination, institutional structure, compliance and enforcement considerations. Types of Environmental Legal, administrative, civil protection strategies will also be considered.

Internationally, legal environmental instrunments and conventions such as Rio Earth Summit in 1992, UN Framework on Climate Change (UNFCCC), Kyoto Protocol and Paris Climate Conference COP21 (2015), also fall within our interest scope.