Legal Context of Environmental Issues

ENV3101 A

Nelson Dordelly-Rosales, LL.D/Ph.D 

Fall, 2015

COURSE OUTLINE

Class schedule:                               Course start date:  09/08/2015 to 12/31/2015

                                                         Time:   Mardi/Tuesday 13:00 - 14:30

                                                                     Jeudi/Thursday  11:30 - 13:00

Professor’s office hours:              Fridays 14.00-16:00

E-mail:                                          ndordell@uottawa.ca

COURSE DESCRIPTION

    This course will provide an overview of the environmental legal framework in Canada with reference to its legislation, principles, case studies and jurisprudence. This course examines broad themes in several distinct areas of environmental issues, including the regulatory regime, the protection of environmental rights, challenges and policies in the environmental assessment process and the international framework. The course includes critical and integrated analyses of different key case studies, video presentations, and group discussions in order to cover both the theory and practice.