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Module Title
Module Code	(ITS: LG370)
Faculty		School
NFQ level		Credit Rating

Description

This module aims to: - Examine how international, regional and domestic legal systems are evolving in response to concern about global warming and climate change; highlight the political-economy and other factors shaping the content and pace of climate change legal response; detail specific legal regimes, such as the UN and EU Climate Regimes; illustrate how pre-existing international and domestic laws (public and private) are being applied to climate change; examine Irish legal and regulatory controls over sector-specific emissions (industrial, agricultural, transport etc.); and explore the legal underpinnings of flexible and market mechanism responses to climate change.

Learning Outcomes

1. Understand the evolution of legal response to a transboundary/global-scale threat
2. Identify the sources and scope of international climate change law and its core principles and content
3. Understand the interaction and interdependence of climate change regimes at international, regional and domestic levels
4. Appreciate how climate change legal response is influenced by a variety of international and national political-economy factors
5. Identify and analyse connections between climate change law and other legal systems such as trade law, human rights and biodiversity law
6. Understand the limits of direct greenhouse gas regulation and the role of flexible and market mechanisms such as trading schemes and their legal basis

*Type*	*Hours*	*Description*
Workload	Full time hours per semester
Lecture	24	No Description
Independent Study	101	No Description
Total Workload: 125

Type	Description	% of total	Assessment Date
Assessment Breakdown
Formal Examination	End-of-Semester Final Examination	70%	End-of-Semester

Reassessment Requirement Type
Resit arrangements are explained by the following categories; RC1: A resit is available for both^* components of the module. RC2: No resit is available for a 100% coursework module. RC3: No resit is available for the coursework component where there is a coursework and summative examination element. ^* ‘Both’ is used in the context of the module having a coursework/summative examination split; where the module is 100% coursework, there will also be a resit of the assessment

Pre-requisite	None
Co-requisite	None
Compatibles	None
Incompatibles	None

All module information is indicative and subject to change. For further information,students are advised to refer to the University's Marks and Standards and Programme Specific Regulations at: http://www.dcu.ie/registry/examinations/index.shtml

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