15212 - Environmental Law

Academic Year 2022/2023

  • Moduli: Giovanni Mulazzani (Modulo 1) Giovanni Mulazzani (Modulo 2)
  • Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures (Modulo 1) Traditional lectures (Modulo 2)
  • Campus: Ravenna
  • Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Legal Consultant in Business and Public Administration (cod. 9242)

    Also valid for Single cycle degree programme (LMCU) in Law (cod. 9233)

Learning outcomes

The course aims to provide students with the tools necessary to achieve a comprehensive level of preparation on the most important principles and institutions of Environement and Energy Resources Law which also allows them to understand the many practical aspects of application also through understanding, independent judgment and application of knowledge skills.

Course contents

1. The protection of the environment from pollutants

2. The fight against climate change

3. Integrated management of energy resources in the area

4. The Fit For Package 55

5. The ecological transition

6. The regulation of land use

7. Environmental impact assessment, strategic environmental assessment, environmental prevention

8. Authorizations for environmental protection, environmental remediation, repair of environmental damage

9. Waste management, the integrated water cycle

Readings/Bibliography

Recommended books

For the study of the subject

P.DELL'ANNO, Diritto dell'Ambiente, sesta edizione (o successive)Padova, Cedam, 2021 

For deeping study of the principles, we recommend reading:

B.CARAVITA, L.CASSETTI, A.MORRONE (a cura di), Diritto dell'Ambiente, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2016

Teaching methods

Teaching will take place through lectures, which will be organized by the models decided by the DSG .

Dialogue and interactions will be encouraged during class. Students will also be able to ask for additional questions or issues outside the hours of lectures, during the weekly office hours indicated at the bottom of this page.

In order to make the teaching activity more inclusive, during the course, meetings with qualified civil society actors will be organized in order to deepen methodologies and applications of the administrative law.

The course aims to provide students with the tools necessary to achieve a comprehensive level of preparation on the most important principles and institutions of Environement and Energy Resources Law which also allows them to understand the many practical aspects of application.

In addition to this basic preparation, the course also aims to achieve a significant involvement of students, through lectures and meetings, in order to deepen the most innovative and controversial issues of the subject, through which it is possible to rebuild, according to the topic, the different doctrinal orientations, the development in case law and the actual dynamics, thanks to the use of interactive teaching methods such as learning on demand, or the participation of students in meetings with qualified representatives of civil society.

In parallel to the lessons, one or more practices will take place face to face or online, lasting about 2 hours, consisting in the concise illustration of a topic by the teacher and in the delivering to the students of an open-ended question, in the drafting by students of a written text following the instructions set out above (within the time limits and according to the extension indicated by the teacher), finally in the self-correction by the students following a description by the teacher of the optimal methods and contents of the written answer, leaving the students time for questions and request for verification of any errors.

For any information or news concerning the course, students should check the teacher’s website in the first place.

 

Assessment methods

Final exam will be held in oral form and the evaluation will be expressed out in thirty. The interview will focus on the topics indicated in the "Course contents" section, in order to verify the students' acquisition of the concepts taught within the course.

The student’s degree of preparation will be evaluated as follows:

18-19 Very limiteted preparation. Basic answer to questions. Not very technical presentation

20-23 Discreet preparation. Accetable answer to questions. Exposure with elements of technicality.

24-27 Good preparation. Relevant answers. Technical and appropriate exposure.

28-29 Great preparation. Complete answers with exact terminology. Good ability exposure.

30 Excellent preparation. Answers supported by complete knowledge and with very appropriate terminology. Systematic exposure.

30 L Uncommon and excellent preparation. Very satisfying answers that denote study, indepth culture and acquired logical ability. Reconstructive and brillant exposure.

The final exam registration can only be made on-line on the University of Bologna web application

Prerequisites

The exam can be taken only after passing the constitutional and private law exams.

Degree thesis

The assignment of the thesis takes place after an interview during the reception hours indicated on the teacher's web pages.

The presence of a co-supervisor must be agreed with the teacher who assigned the thesis.

There are no waiting lists.


Teaching tools


In order to make study and investigation of the issues discussed during lectures and seminars more complete, additional teaching materials, in addition to the texts indicated above, will be given to students. This material will also be made available to students, on the Professor’s website: http://www.unibo.it/docenti/giuseppe.caia and in the section of this page dedicated to educational materials.

Students with disability or specific learning disabilities (DSA) will be able to communicate their needs to the teacher to find the best solutions.

Office hours

See the website of Giovanni Mulazzani

SDGs

Clean water and sanitation Affordable and clean energy Responsible consumption and production Climate Action

This teaching activity contributes to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals of the UN 2030 Agenda.