Entry requirements

Standard requirement: E.3, as for entering the Master of science in engineering programme, or the equivalent.

Aims

The course intends to give a basic knowledge of the present Swedish environmental legislation, the methodology used when this legislation is applied in practice and the legislation’s efficiency as a tool to abate pollution and other environmental problems. The students should be able to solve practical environmental legal problems.

Content

The course contains legal rules significant for

environmental quality (air, waters, biodiversity

etc.): Environmental law. The legal area includes

the land and planning law (physical planning,

nature conservation etc.), the law on protection

of health, air and waters etc., the law on

extraction of natural resources (waters, minerals

etc.) and the law on certain installations (roads

etc.). The scope of each legislation is discussed,

as well as substantial requirements and different

types of legal control (permit requirements,

supervision, penalties etc.). The course also

includes a brief survey of EC-law and its

relevance within Swedish Environmental Law.

Instruction

Lectures and seminars.

Assessment

Written examination.