Environmental Security

2022/2023

Academic Year

RUS

Instruction in Russian

6

ECTS credits

Delivered by:

School of Public Law

Type:

Elective course

When:

3 year, 3 module

Instructor

Soldatova, Larisa

Программа дисциплины

Аннотация

The discipline provides for the study of global challenges to environmental security: the consequences of climate change on the planet, which inevitably affect the life and health of people, flora and fauna, and in some regions become a tangible threat to the well-being of the population and sustainable development; an increase in the consumption of natural resources with a decrease in their reserves, which, against the background of the globalization of the economy, leads to a struggle for access to natural resources and negatively affects national security; negative consequences of environmental degradation, including desertification, drought, land and soil degradation; reduction of biological diversity, which entails irreversible consequences for ecosystems, destroying their integrity. Another aspect of consideration is regional problems, including the presence of densely populated areas characterized by a high degree of environmental pollution and degradation of natural objects; high degree of pollution and low water quality of a significant part of water bodies, degradation of ecosystems of small rivers, technogenic pollution of groundwater in areas where large industrial enterprises are located; an increase in the volume of production and consumption waste generation with a low level of their utilization, etc. Understanding the essence of the ongoing processes and the mechanism of legal regulation of relations to ensure environmental safety will significantly expand the knowledge and skills of a lawyer.

Цель освоения дисциплины

• Awareness of the importance of nature in the life of man and society, the favorable and effective existence of states substantiates the importance of ensuring environmental safety. Determining the content of environmental safety and the possibilities of law in the regulation of these relations forms the unique skills of a lawyer.

Планируемые результаты обучения

• acquisition by students of knowledge in the field of legal regulation of the use of natural resources as an element of ensuring national security
• acquisition by students of knowledge in the field of legal regulation of the use of natural resources as an element of ensuring national security;
• familiarization of students with the basic concepts, principles and tasks of ensuring environmental safety;
• instilling the skills of independent application of normative legal acts and provisions of legislation in the field of ensuring environmental safety in practice

Содержание учебной дисциплины

• 1. Legal basis for environmental safety
• 2. Biodiversity as an element of environmental security.
• 3. Legal support of radiation safety as an element of environmental safety
• 4. Legal regulation of the handling of chemical and biological substances as an element of environmental safety
• 5. Legal regulation of the handling of pesticides and agrochemicals as an element of environmental safety
• 6. The legal regime of ecologically unfavorable territories as an element of environmental safety
• 7. Water protection as an element of ensuring environmental safety.
• 8. Legal requirements for the destruction of chemical weapons as an element of environmental safety
• 9. Legal requirements for the treatment of genetically modified organisms as an element of environmental safety
• 10. Legal requirements for the management of production and consumption waste as an element of environmental safety
• 11. Requirements in the field of environmental protection in the implementation of economic and other activities as an element of environmental safety

Элементы контроля

• Attendance and creative activity at the seminars
• Round Table
• Exam
• Essay

Промежуточная аттестация

• 2022/2023 3rd module
  0.2 * Round Table + 0.4 * Exam + 0.1 * Essay + 0.3 * Attendance and creative activity at the seminars

Список литературы

Рекомендуемая основная литература

• A global environmental right, Turner, S. J., 2014
• Environmental law : text, cases, and materials, Fisher, E., 2013
• Environmental law, the economy, and sustainable development : the United States, the European Union, and the international community, , 2001

Рекомендуемая дополнительная литература

• Defining environmental justice : theories, movements, and nature, Schlosberg, D., 2009
• EC environmental law, Scott, J., 1998
• Pollution and property : comparing ownership institutions for environmental protection, Cole, D. H., 2002