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ENVIRONMENTAL LAW

Department of Law - SULaw

SULaw – Department of Law

Director of the Environmental Law LL.M. Programme – and teachers

Jonas EbbessonProfessor/Director

Brita BohmanLecturer

Anna ChristiernssonAssistant lecturer

spring semesterautumn semester

SULaw – Department of Law

PROGRAMME STRUCTURE Environmental Law

Transboundary Environmental

Law15 ECTS

10 weeks

Cross-cutting Issues in

Environmental Law

15 ECTS10 weeks

Methods, Theories and Practices in Environmental

Law15 ECTS

20 weeks (half time)

Master Thesis

15 ECTS20 weeks (half time)

• Transboundary Environmental Law– Broad advanced introduction to provide a common basis for all students– Environmental issues in a transboundary context, ie international, EU, comparative

and transnational law– Legal approaches to human health, air, climate, water, soil, nature and biodiversity,

chemical products and waste management etc.; and also thematic legal issues

• Cross-cutting Issues in Environmental Law– Environmental law, trade and corporate responsibility– Environmental law, climate and energy– Environmental law and human rights– Environmental law and social-ecological resilience

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COURSE CONTENTS – autumn semester

• Methods, Theoriesand Practices in Environmental Law

– Theoretical, methodological and practical issues at an advanced level

– Seminars, written assignments– Comprehensive mock

negotiation– Knowledge, skills etc. from

this course useful for writing the Master thesis

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COURSE CONTENTS – spring semester

• Master Thesis in Environmental Law

• Essay of ca 30-40 pages. • Relating to one of the CCI themes: – Environmental law, trade and

corporate responsibility– Environmental law, climate and

energy – Environmental law and human rights– Environmental law and social-

ecological resilience

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WHO SHOULD APPLY TO THE MASTER PROGRAMME IN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW ?

Anyone who meets the requirements for admission, and…

• … is interested in environmental law, environmental justice & sustainable development

• … is interested in transboundary matters and contexts

• … is curious about studying in a new academic environment

• … enjoys working, studying and learning with others

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WHY ENVIRONMENTAL LAW? AND WHY STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY?• Specific focus on transboundary dimensions of environmental law

• Combination of width (TEL) and depth in keys areas (CCI; MTP; Thesis)

• Access to experienced teachers in theoretical and practical matters

• Because environmental matters matter

• Because environmental law matters

• Encourages critical approaches to law, with both theoretical and practical elements

• Stockholms University hosts several environmental centra and networks, eg:– Stockholm Resilience Center– Bolin Centre for Climate Research– Baltic Sea Centre– Stockholm Environmental Law and Policy Centre– SU Network for Environmental Research in Human Sciences

• Because Stockholm is Stockholm

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• 1972: First UN Conference on the Human Environment, Stockholm

• 2022: Next UN Conference on environmental matters –”Stockholm + 50”

WHY ENVIRONMENTAL LAW? AND WHY STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY?