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
Ayodele Morocco-Clarke
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