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LAWS6354: Environ Planning and Impact Assessment Law
2023 unit information
This unit has three aims. The first is to provide a sound analysis of Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) procedures and environmental planning laws in NSW and at the Commonwealth level. The second aim is to develop a critical understanding of EIA and environmental planning laws by examining their historical, ethical and political dimensions as well as relevant aspects of legal theory. The third and ultimate aim is to combine these doctrinal and theoretical forms of knowledge so we can suggest possible improvements to current laws and legal practices.
Unit details and rules
Managing faculty or University school:
Law
| Code | LAWS6354 |
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| Academic unit | Law |
| Credit points | 6 |
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Prerequisites:
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None |
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Corequisites:
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None |
| Prohibitions:
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LAWS6043 or LAWS6045 or LAWS3430 or LAWS5130 |
| Assumed knowledge:
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students who do not hold an undergraduate law degree must have completed LAWS6252 Legal Reasoning and the Common Law System before enrolling in this unit and LAWS6044 Environmental Law and Policy (Environmental Law students only) |
At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:
- LO1. Critically evaluate environmental planning laws in NSW and Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) procedures at both State and Commonwealth levels.
- LO2. Critically analyse the historical, ethical, and political dimensions of EIA and environmental planning laws, incorporating relevant legal theory
- LO3. Synthesise doctrinal and theoretical knowledge of environmental planning and EIA to propose improvements to current laws and legal practices and Use sound written legal arguments to communicate these to diverse audiences
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