28335 - Marine Environmental Laws

Academic Year 2021/2022

  • Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
  • Campus: Ravenna
  • Corso: Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Marine Biology (cod. 8857)

Learning outcomes

At the end of the course the student knows the most important environmental's legal rules, at international, European and national level.

Course contents

1. The sources in environmental law.

2. The principles of environmental law at national, European and international level.

3. The most important european directives in environmental law.

4. The c.d. "Italian Environmental Code": d.lgs. 3 aprile 2006, n. 152.

5. The most important conventions on the protection of sea. The general convention of the United Nations on the law of sea.

6. The legal rules on water pollution.

7. The "green house" gas emissions; in particular the Kyoto's Protocol and its implementation at European level and national level.

8. The protection of the biodiversity at european and internal level.

9. The most important european directives on the protection of sea: in particular the directive WFD (2000/60/CE) and MSFD (2008/56/CE).

10. The bathing sea water european legal system and the "blue flags".

11. The law n. 979 del 1982 on the protection of italian sea. The MPA italian system.

12. The most important legal rules on fisheries at european (PCP) and italian level.

Readings/Bibliography

T. SCOVAZZI, Elementi di diritto interazionale del mare, Giuffre', Milano, l.e.

P.DELL'ANNO, Diritto dell'ambiente, CEDAM, Padova, l.e.

Teaching methods

Active lectures

Assessment methods

Oral exam.

Teaching tools

Case method with environmental sentences.

Office hours

See the website of Giuseppe Garzia