HARMATTAN SEMESTER 2011/2012 COURSE OVERVIEW

The following is the Course Outline to be covered in the Harmattan Semester 2011/2012.

• The Concept of Environment

• Nature of Environment Problem

• Brief History on the Development of Environmental Law in Nigeria

• [History of] Environmental Pollution –

(a)   Domestic & Industrial Waste

(b)   Oil Industry 

(c)   General Pollution

(d)   The Koko Incident

(e)   E-Waste

  

• Environmental Impact Assessment

• Statutory Environmental Liability –

(a)    The Constitution

(b)   The FEPA Act

(c)    The NESREA Act

(d)   The NOSDRA Act

(e)    EIA Act (Involves discussing Gbarain)

(f)    The Petroleum Act

(g)   EGASPIN & other Regulations

• Common Law Environmental Liability –

(a)    Nuisance

(b)   Negligence

(c)    Trespass

(d) Strict Liability

• The Concept of Environmental Justice

• Issues of Enforcement, Compliance & Effectiveness of the Law

• Case Law

• International Environmental Law –

(a) Definition, Sources, Origins, Enforceability

(b) Rights and Duties: Custom

(c) Rights and Duties: Treaties/Conventions (Stockholm Conference on Human Environment/UNCLOS/Kyoto/the Aarhus Convention etc.)

(d) Current International Trends in Environmental Law

• Principles of Environmental Law –

(a)    The Polluter Pays Principle

(b)   The Precautionary Principle

• Sustainable Development

See you all in class on Tuesday 13/03/2012.

Ayodele Morocco-Clarke