Study:
Code:	61292
ECTS:	4.0
Course coordinators:	prof. dr. sc. Tatjana Josipović prof. dr. sc. Maja Seršić prof. Jasna Omejec prof. dr. sc. Lana Ofak
Lecturers:	prof. dr. sc. Sonja Cindori - Lectures prof. dr. sc. Leo Cvitanović - Lectures prof. dr. sc. Igor Gliha - Lectures Valentina Grubešić Črnelč - Lectures izv. prof. dr. sc. Ivana Kanceljak - Lectures doc. dr. sc. Irena Klemenčić - Lectures prof. dr. sc. Frane Staničić - Lectures

Literature:

O. Lončarić-Horvat, L. Cvitanović, I. Gliha, T. Josipović, D. Medvedović, J. Omejec, M. Seršić; Pravo okoliša (poglavlje: Kaznenopravni aspekti zaštite okoliša - v. novi Kazneni zakon - kaznena djela protiv okoliša, NN 125/2011, 144/2012); Organizator (2003), str Zakon o zaštiti okoliša; , str Zakon o zaštiti prirode; , str Zakon o vodama; , str Zakon o zaštiti zraka; , str Zakon o zaštiti od buke; , str Zakon o šumama; , str Zakon o održivom gospodarenju otpadom; , str Kazneni zakon; , str

Description:

The concept of environment. The historical development of environment protection, particularly legal protection. Legal sources of environmental law: the Croatian law (the Constitution, laws, by-laws), international agreements (multilateral and bilateral), the law of European Union (decisions, recommendations) and judicial practice of national and international courts. Basic principles of promotion and protection of environment. Croatian and international bodies (agencies) and associations in charge of environment (authority, powers). Legal regulation of biological diversity and protection of nature, forests, land areas, waters (running and stagnant, above-ground and underground, particularly drinkable water), sea space and air (atmosphere). Legal problems of waste management. Basic forms of legal environmental protection: administrative, civil and criminal. Tax policy and tax measures in the sphere of preservation and protection of environment.

Cognitive Skills:

Knowledge and understanding

After successfully completing the course, students will be able to:

- explain basic principles of environment protection;

- describe constituent parts of environment and individual burdens;

- identify subjects of environment protection;

- name the documens of sustainable development and environment protection;

- explain instruments of environment protection;

- describe administrative control and inspection;

- explain ensuring the right of access to environmental information, public participation in environmental matters, ensuring the right of access to justice.

 

Application

After successfully completing the course, students will be able to:

- manage legal sources of environment law;

- select a mechanism of ensuring the application of rules for protection of individual parts of environment and protection of environment from environmental burdens;

- apply knowledge about legal protection of environment;

- demonstrate resons for access to information and wider participation of the public in decision-making and wider access to the judiciary in environmental issues.

 

Analysis

After successfully completing the course, students will be able to:

- distinguish different forms of legal protection of environment;

- compare legal sources of environment law;

- examine legality of public bodies acting in the area of environment protection;

- analyse the development of environment law;

- analyse problems connected with burden for environment;

- distinguish between duties and powers of the state administration bodies, units of local and regional self-government and legal persons with public powers in the area of environment protection;

- analyse individual obligations of public authorities in ensuring the access toinformation about environment, participation of the public in environmental issues and ensuring the rights of acces to the judiciary.

 

Synthesis

After successfully completing the course, students will be able to:

- propose application of legal sources of environment law in a certain case;

- anticipate what would happen if some legal norm in the area of environment law was violated;

- formulate the consequences of the violation of international legal framework;

- propose change of domestic norms in case of observed weaknesses of individual legsilative solutrions;

- foprmulate obligations of different subjects of environemntal protection;

- propose preparation and/or change of documents about environmental protection and sustainable development, and other general acts for the purpose of protection of human health.

 

Evaluation

After successfully completing the course, students will be able to:

- compare different approaches to legal protection of environment;

- evaluate manner of action of competent public bodies in environmental protection;

- examine the manner of application of legal nroms related to protection of environment in a certain case;

- assess future trend of domestic environment law under the influence of European environment law;

- evaluate the quality of individual legal provisions;

- advocate the opinion about the importance of environment and the need for its legal protection;

- evaluate the relation between Environment Protection Act and other laws , by-laws and general acts that regulate protection of individual parts of environment, i.e. that regulate protection of environment from individual burdens.

Practical and Generic Skills:

After successfully completing the course, students will be able to:

- express themselves clearly andprecisely, presenting acquired learning outcomes;

- argument their opinions;

- adjust to the changes in the Croatian legal system due to the Croatian accession to the EU;

- devlop learning abilities.

Matching Assessments to Learning Outcomes:

Oral examination for all learning outcomes.

Consultations schedule:

• prof. dr. sc. Tatjana Josipović:

  Tuesday 16:00 - 17:30

  Location: Trg Republike Hrvatske 3, room 34/II
• prof. dr. sc. Maja Seršić:

  Tuesdays, at 12 am

  Location: Ćirilometodska 4, room 19
• prof. Jasna Omejec:

  Tuesday from 18:30 to 20:00

  Location: Ćirilometodska 4, room 10 / prizemno
• prof. dr. sc. Lana Ofak:

  Mondays from 9:30 - 11:00 PAM

  Location: Ćirilometodska 4, room 3/prizemno
• prof. dr. sc. Sonja Cindori:

  Wednesday, 10 - 11

  Location: Ćirilometodska 4, room 48
• prof. dr. sc. Leo Cvitanović:

  Friday, 10:00 am

  Location: Gundulićeva 10, room Gundulićeva 10, soba 16/I
• prof. dr. sc. Igor Gliha:

  Tuesday 16:00 - 17:30

  Location: Trg Republike Hrvatske 3, room 31/II
• izv. prof. dr. sc. Ivana Kanceljak:

  Wednesday 15:00 - 16:30

  Location: Trg Republike Hrvatske 3, room 303, treći kat
• doc. dr. sc. Irena Klemenčić:

  Appointment by e-mail

  Location: Ćirilometodska 4, room 45
• prof. dr. sc. Frane Staničić:

  Tuesdays from 10.15 AM - 11.45 AM

  Location: Ćirilometodska 4, room 11/prizemno