546-0124/03 – Basic of Environmental Law (ZEP)
| Gurantor department | Department of Environmental Engineering | Credits | 3 |
| Subject guarantor | prof. Ing. Vladimír Lapčík, CSc. | Subject version guarantor | prof. Ing. Vladimír Lapčík, CSc. |
| Study level | undergraduate or graduate | Requirement | Compulsory |
| Year | 1 | Semester | winter |
| | Study language | Czech |
| Year of introduction | 2019/2020 | Year of cancellation | |
| Intended for the faculties | HGF | Intended for study types | Bachelor |
Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences
The target of the subject is acquainting of students with fundamentals of environmental law in the Czech Republic.
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Summary
Subject treats of Czech environmental law. Preamble is devoted to Czech environmental state administration. Main attention is focused on legal regulations in the sphere of air protection, water protection, soil protection, and legal form in the sphere of natural and country-side protection, forest-land resources protection, waste management, environmental impact assessment, mineral raw material exploitation, working environment management (focused on human health management) and noise and vibration protection.
Compulsory literature:
MENELL Peter, S. Environmental Law. Routledge Revivals, Taylor & Francis Ltd., 2018. ISBN13 (EAN): 9781138721647
KRÄMER, L. EC Environmental Law. London: Sweet & Maxwell, 2000.
KISS, A. and D. SHELTON. Manual of European Environmental Law. Cambridge: Grotius Publications, Cambridge University Press, 1994.
SANDS, P. Principles of International Environmental Law. Vol. I. Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1995.
Recommended literature:
KRÄMER, L. Focus on European Environmental Law. London, 1997.
HOLLO. E. and K. MARTTINEN. North European Environmental Law. Helsinky: Hakapaino Oy, 1995.
SEERDEN, R. and M. HELDEWEG (Editors). Comparative Environmental Law in Europe. 1996.
JANS, J. European Environmental Law. Hague, London, Boston, 1995.
Environmental Acts of the Czech Republic and the Europe Union.
Additional study materials
Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester
Tests. Semester work.
E-learning
Other requirements
Semester work on the assigned topic with the use of foreign literature. Active participation in exercises.
Prerequisities
Subject has no prerequisities.
Co-requisities
Subject has no co-requisities.
Subject syllabus:
1. Constitutional Foundations of Environmental Protection (Constitution of the Czech Republic, Charter of Fundamental Rights and Freedoms, and their relation to environmental protection)
2. General Legal Framework of Environmental Protection (Act No. 17/1992 Coll., on the Environment, access to information, Aarhus Convention, public participation)
3. International and European Context of Environmental Protection (Implementation of EU law, international conventions and cooperation, Natura 2000 – Sites of Community Importance and Special Protection Areas)
4. Nature and Landscape Protection (Nature protection authorities, instruments, responsibilities, public and municipal participation, property rights restrictions, obligations of investors)
5. Air Protection (Legal framework, emission limits, instruments for pollution reduction)
6. Water Protection (Care for water resources, legal regulation of surface and groundwater)
7. Waste Management and Packaging (Legal regulation of waste and packaging materials)
8. Soil and Mineral Resources Protection (Agricultural and forest land protection, use of mineral resources)
9. Protection Against Noise and Vibrations (Legal instruments to prevent harmful environmental impacts)
10. Public Health Protection (Legal framework for public health protection in relation to the environment)
11. Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA/SEA), Unified Environmental Opinion (JES), and Spatial Planning (Legal framework, relation to nature protection, assessment of impacts on the territory, links to decision-making processes)
12. Environmental Liability (Act on the Prevention and Remedying of Environmental Damage, prevention, liability)
13. Administrative Procedures and Legal Responsibility in Environmental Protection (Principles of administrative authorities’ activity, decisions, legal force, appeals, reviews, reopening of proceedings, administrative offenses and penalties)
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