COURSE UNIT TITLE

: PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT IN THE EUROPEAN UNION

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
KAV 5068 PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT IN THE EUROPEAN UNION ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6

Offered By

European Union Law

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR MUHLIS ÖĞÜTÇÜ

Offered to

European Union Law

Course Objective

To teach and explain the basic concept of European Environmental Law and institutions, the general principles

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To define the concepts of European Environmental Law
2   To explain the general principles of European Environmental Law
3   To compare means of intervention for prevention of environmental pollution in European Environmental Law
4   To distinguish administrative, civil and criminal sanctions in environmental law in European Environmental Law
5   To apply the rules of European environmental law cases in the ECHR and the ABAD

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Environmental policy of the European Union
2 Activities of the European Union in the field of environment
3 Environmental policy of the European Union and the historical development of activities in the environmental field
4 Environmental policy of the European Union and the legal basis of activity in the field of environment and basic principles
5 Environmental policy of the European Union and the relationship between activity in the field of environment of the UN Economic Commission for Europe and the European Council environmental law
6 The relationship between the Council of Europe and the EU bodies in the field of environmental protection
7 Insertion into the EU law provisions on the environment which in The Treaty of Rome, the Single European Act, the Maastricht Agreement, the Treaty of Amsterdam, Nice Agreement, the European Charter of Fundamental Rights and the Lisbon Agreement
8 Midterm exam
9 The general principles of European Union Environmental Policy
10 Foundations of the European Action Programme in the field of environmental protection
11 Placement of the European Union's environmental policy into other policies of the European Union
12 The relationship between European Union Environmental Law and national environmental laws of the Member States
13 Evaluation of the decisions of the Court concerning the protection of the environment
14 Evaluation of the decisions of the ECJ on the protection of the environment

Recomended or Required Reading

Main Resource:(Textbook)
Patrick Thieffry, Droit européen de l'environnement, Paris 1998
Supportive Resources:
1- Alexandre Kiss/Jean-Pierre Beurier, Droit International de l environnement, 3. éd., Paris 2004
2- Nicolas de Sadeleer, Le droit communautaire et les déchets, Bruxelles 1996
3- Nicolas de Sadeleer, Les principes du pollueur-payeur, de prévention et de précaution, Bruxelles 1999
4- Jean Charpentier (dir.), La protection de l'environnement par les Communautés européennes, Paris 1988.
5-Michel Prieur, Droit de l environnement, 4. éd., Paris 2001

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Giving lecture, lesson preparation of students before and after the lecture topics, involvement of students with the way vision statement and ask questions.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 STT TERM WORK (SEMESTER)
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.25 + STT * 0.25 + FIN* 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE* 0.25 + STT * 0.25 + RST* 0.50


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

muhlis.ogutcu@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 2 26
Preparation for midterm exam 1 20 20
Preparation for final exam 1 40 40
Preparing presentations 1 25 25
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 154

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14PO.15
LO.11111
LO.211111
LO.31
LO.411
LO.511111

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