Academic year/semester: 2024/25/1

ECTS Credits: 3

Available for: All OU students

Lecture hours: 2
Seminarium:0
Practice: 0
Laboratory: 0
Consultation: 0

Prerequisites: -

Course Leader: Imre Biczó Dr.

Faculty: Rejtő Sándor Faculty of Light Industry and Environmental Engineering, 1034 Budapest, Doberdó utca 6.

Course Description:
Introduction to Law: Overview of the main legal traditions of the World.
Introduction to the Common law tradition (Introduction to the English Law.
Sources of law. English court system, Contracts in English law, the law of torts,
Corporate Law)
• Introduction to the Civil law tradition (German, French law).
• EC law
• Introduction to Hungarian law:
• Structure, Hungarian law of contracts, corporations, environmental law
• Introduction to Environmental protection, history
• EC/EU Environmental law: EU Primary legislation, right to environment
• Principles, Programmes and Strategies
• Legal Instruments I.: Substantive environmental law
• Legal instruments II: Procedural rules
• Liability measures
• Organs, Authority
• Environment and development: sustainable development, Environmental
protection in EU Funds

Competences:
Knowledge of the methodology and legal regulations for performing environmental impact assessments and for compiling impact studies. Knowledge of requirements and methods for health and safety, fire protection, safety engineering and remediation as related to the field of environment protection. Able to perform public administrative and authority tasks related to environment protection after getting acquainted with the duty assigned to them. Able to carry out assignments as environmental officer. Able to take part in environment expertise, advisory, and decision preparation work. Efforts to solve tasks and make management decisions by being aware of the opinions of the colleagues supervised, possibly in cooperation therewith. Taking responsibility towards society for their decisions made in the scope of environment protection. Performing environmental tasks individually and managing special environment protection work independently even in unexpected decision making situations. Monitoring regulatory, technical, technological, and administrative changes related to the special field and enforcing them in their professional work.

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Mid Term Exam

Compulsory bibliography: 1. Nancy E. Marion: Making Environmental Law: The Politics of Protecting the Earth, Praeger Publisher, Santa Barbara, CA, 2011, 376 pages 2. Angelo, Mary Jane: Harnessing the Power of Science in Environmental Law: Why We Should, Why We Don\'t, and How We Can, Texas Law Review Publisher, 2008

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