Overview

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Offerings

MURDOCH-S1-EXT-2019-ONGOING
MURDOCH-S1-INT-2019-ONGOING
MURDOCH-S2-EXT-2018-ONGOING
MURDOCH-S2-INT-2018-ONGOING

Enrolment rules

Students who have successfully completed ENV228 Environmental Policy and Law may not enrol in this unit for credit.
Nil.

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Learning activities

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Learning outcomes

1.

Distinguish between the common law and statute law and their role in supporting environmental protection, planning and management in Australia

2.

Describe the strengths and weaknesses of three environmental policy instruments – regulatory, economic, participatory – when it comes to protecting our natural environment

3.

Describe the complementary roles of the Commonwealth and of the states in environmental policy making in Australia

4.

Describe the nature and elements of environmental legal acts and the role of scientific evidence in environmental policy making

5.

Explain the role of courts and tribunals in environmental policy and law with a specific focus on judicial review and merits appeals in Western Australia

6.

Find and interpret legal acts and other policy documents in print and electronic form

7.

Critically analyse legal and political arguments in environmental matters

8.

Effectively communicate arguments in the area of environmental policy and law to professional and lay audiences.

Assessments

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Additional information

Unit content:

The unit consists of five modules covering approaches to environmental policy, environmental policy instruments, principles of environmental law, scientific evidence, and environmental policy and law in Western Australia and nationally.