This course examines the relationship between sustainability and environmental justice, focusing upon land use and development. This course provides an examination of the central issues relating to sustainability and environmental justice, through a close analysis of regulatory approaches and theoretical perspectives relating to land use and development. We consider the legal and policy dynamics of environmental regulation and critically assess the role that law and policy has to play in achieving sustainability and environmental justice. Our starting point is EU environmental law, in particular environmental assessment, nature conservation and strategic planning, but we also draw upon examples from other jurisdictions.

LLM SPECIALISATION: JURISPRUDENCE AND LEGAL THEORY

LLM Specialisation: Jurisprudence and Legal Theory (LAWS0192)

Land Use, Sustainability and Environmental Justice (LAWS0042)

The module will familiarise students with the global policy arena and the role that scientific expertise and technology development play in it. The module...

Science Technology and International Development  (HPSC0157)

The module will familiarise students with the global policy arena and the role that scientific expertise and technology development play in it. The module familiarises Masters students with theories, perspectives and approaches that interrogate development and progress. It focusses on the interface between international policy regimes and developing country positionalities and examines evolving expectations and assumptions about modernity, technoscientific progress and ethics of knowledge production. The module is structured to teach and illustrate the application of STS theories and concepts through case study examples and have students reflect on how they engage with these ideas. Aside from introducing students to these concepts, the goal is also to build critical thinking and research skills through examination of key international development policy regimes and governance theories, strategies and practices and interrogating the ways in which global economic asymmetry is framed and addressed.