Course Title: Environmental Law
Course Description: This course will provide students with an introduction to environmental law, including the rights and duties of various stakeholders, environmental planning, environmental impact assessment, the concept of strict liability and how environmental law is enforced.
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Materi Perkuliahan Hukum Lingkungan dan Perubahan Iklim (S2)
Learning Outcomes:
- Understand the role of rights holders and duty bearers in environmental law
- Analyze the various approaches to environmental planning
- Evaluate the use and effectiveness of environmental impact assessment
- Assess the mechanisms for enforcing environmental law
- Understand strict liability in relation to environmental harm
Week 1: Introduction to Environmental Law
- Definition of Environmental Law
- Rights Holders and Duty Bearers
- International Environmental Law
Week 2: Climate Change
- Causes and Effects of Climate Change
- The Sinking of Jakarta and Indonesia’s North Coast
- Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies
- Paris Agreement and other International Climate Change Agreements
Week 3: Environmental Planning
- Planning Sequence in Indonesia
- Land Use Planning and Zoning Regulations
- Sustainable Land Use Practices
Week 4: Environmental Standards & Pollution Control
- Carrying Capacity — Balancing Human Needs and Environmental Sustainability
- Assimilative Capacity — Understanding Nature’s Ability to Absorb Impacts
- Water Quality Parameters — Monitoring and Maintaining the Health of Our Waterways
- Air Quality Parameters— Monitoring and Protecting Our Atmosphere
Week 5: Environmental Impact Assessment & Licensing
- Environmental Impact Assessment — History, Rationale, and Implementation
- Precautionary Principle — in Bahasa Indonesia
- Environmental Licensing in Indonesia
Week 6: Environmental Justice Movies
We will watch one of these movies in class
- Dark Waters (Mark Ruffalo)
- Deepwater Horizon
- Erin Brockovich (Julia Roberts)
- A Civil Action (John Travolta)
- An Inconvenient Truth (Al Gore)
- Before the Flood (Leonardo DiCaprio)
These movies provide powerful insights into the environmental injustices that take place worldwide. They shed light on issues such as pollution, climate change, animal cruelty, and exploitation of resources. Watching these movies can help us understand the negative impact of our actions on the environment and motivate us to take action to protect it.
Mid-semester test
Week 7: Strict Liability
- Types of Liabilities in Common Law
- The Strict Liability Regime
- Hazardous Materials and Strict Liability
Week 8: Law Enforcement
- Criminal Law Enforcement
- Private Law Enforcement
- Administrative Law Enforcement
Week 9: Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants
- Persistent Organic Pollutants — A Global Threat to Health and the Environment
- Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs)— Understanding Their Impact and Regulation
Week 10: Environmental Cases
- Group Formation
- Case Selection and Guidance for Case Analysis
Week 11:
- Presentation 1
- Presentation 2
- Presentation 3
Week 12
- Presentation 1
- Presentation 2
- Presentation 3