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International Environmental Law Fall 2022

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Welcome to our course!

I will use this space to update any changes to our course plan and to provide the daily news items.

 

News

 

11/11 - After you watch "crude" read this article about the lead attorney (this is a little long, but then again this is a long, strange story)

11/9 -  India to now support trade in ivory at COP-19?

11/7 -   CITES COP-19 starting today

11/2-   - 2021 Data on shipbreaking

10/29 -  Some optimistic news about climate change. This relates to all 3 of your groups from Thursday

10/25 -  Montreal protocol + UNFCCC = ? for the US

10/22 - What we can learn from the Montreal Protocol 35 years later

10/18 - "Offshoring" air pollution

10/16 - Whaling, a Japanese perspective 

10/11 - UNCLOS Australia's Perspective and a bonus article that is partially hidden by a paywall

10/5 - COP-27 A time to address the triple inequalities. (Consider which principles from our reading are evident in this article.)

10/2 - US forms own coalition for a "national actions plan" approach to a global plastics treaty

9/28 - Implementing the Right to a healthy environment (consider its origins in early IEL)

9/27 - China's fishing fleets

9/21 - California to ban sales of gasoline cars by 2035

9/19 - Tragedy of the commons and the Great Salt Lake

9/13 - Conference opens to draft first-ever treaty on ocean’s biological diversity and a bonus event: Attend a UN conference on biodiversity!

9/10 - Revitalizing the ICJ (an international perspective from a non-permanent security council country)

9/2   - Could Canada hold the US liable for flood damage? (a little old to be news, but oh so on point for our class!)

8/31 - China, the US, and Taiwan

8/25 - UNGA recognizes human right to Clean, Healthy, and Sustainable Environment.

 

Tentative course schedule: this will change depending on our pace, interest, and the dark side of the force.

Date

Topic

Reading

Assignment

Tue, 8/30

Course introduction

Syllabus, news article

Read news article, survey in class

 

Thu, 9/1

What is international law? Sovereignty, history of intl law

Malanczuk pp. 1-8; Malanczuk 17-34; background reading: “how to brief cases” (Blackboard)

Prepare to discuss questions for the first reading

Tue, 9/6

Sources of intl law

Malanczuk pp. 35-62; Trail Smelter Case;

Brief Trail Smelter case

Thu, 9/8

Treaties and the relationship between intl and national law

Malanczuk pp. 130-146; and Malanczuk pp. 63-74; how to read a treaty (Blackboard)

Find an international treaty on your own and be ready to give an overview to a classmate

Tue, 9/13

Dispute resolution and limitations of international law

Malanczuk pp. 273-305; Nicaragua v. US

Brief (big picture only, focus on political history, jurisdiction, and US reaction) Nicaragua v. US

Thu, 9/15

Intl envr issues

Hunter pp. 1-38

Be prepared to discuss Q1 p.15; Q1-4 p.22-3

Tue, 9/20

Causes of intl envr problems: consumption and population

Hunter pp. 41-72; “Tragedy of the Commons” (on Blackboard)

Be prepared to discuss Q1-2 p.48-9; Q1-3 p. 53; Q1-2 p.63-3; Q1-2 p. 70

Thu, 9/22

Causes of intl envr problems: technology and cultural values

Hunter pp. 72-94;

Be prepared to discuss Q1 p. 75; Q1 p 83; Q2 p. 89

Tue, 9/27

Economics and Sustainable  Development

Hunter pp. 97-108; 

Be prepared to discuss Q1 p. 108

Thu, 9/29

History of intl envr law through Rio Declaration

Hunter pp. 131-157

Select your favorite questions for discussion

Tue, 10/4

History from Rio to present

Hunter pp. 158-180

Select your favorite questions for discussion

Thu, 10/6

Principles and concepts in IEL

Skim Hunter pp. 413-481

Each student presents 1 principle from section II

Tue, 10/11

Midterm Exam

 

Thu, 10/13

Oceans and the Law of the Sea

Hunter 725-744; 747-762

 

Tue, 10/18

Whaling

Hunter 1055-1075

 

Watch The Cove

Thu, 10/20

Transboundary Air Pollution

Hunter 485-519

Be prepared to discuss problem exercise p. 500-502 (problem 9)

Tue, 10/25

Ozone depletion 

 

Hunter 521-533, 541-548; 551-554

 

Thu, 10/27

Climate Change 

 

Hunter 592-594; 616-637

 

Tue, 11/1

Climate Change Cont.

 

Hunter 639-691

 

Thu, 11/3

Transboundry issues and hazardous waste: Shipbreakers

Hunter 942-970

Watch “Shipbreakers

Tue, 11/8

Trade in endangered species: CITES

Hunter pp. 1081-1099;

Article on CITES and the elephant

Prepare for class discussion on trade in endangered species

Thu, 11/10

No class work on group projects

 

 

Tue, 11/15

Human rights

 

1311-1346; Watch “Crude

 

Thu, 11/17

Guest speaker

TBA

 

Learn about our speaker:

http://barbara-fraser.com/about-me/

Tue, 11/22

No Class Thanksgiving Holiday 

Thu, 11/24

Tue, 11/29

Ocean Pollution and Seabed mining

 

 

785-815 of the textbook and read this article.  

 

News article: https://news.mongabay.com/2022/11/frances-macron-joins-growing-chorus-calling-for-deep-sea-mining-ban/

Group Presentation

Thu, 12/1

Trade and the Environment

 

 

Group Presentation

Tue, 12/6

Biodiversity

 

Chapter 15: Biodiversity and Wildlife Conservation

 

Pg. 977-986, 997-1010, 1019-1021, 1082-1086

 

Section 1: History and Background

A. Intro

B. What is biodiversity

C. Value of biodiversity

D. Loss of biodiversity

 

QUESTION #5 “a thought experiment…”         Discussion based on this question so emphasis on answering it

 

Section 2: The Biodiversity Convention

A. Negotiating Process

B. Overview of the Convention

C. Encouraging National Conservation and Biodiversity

 

E. Invasive Species

 

Section Iv: Trade in Endangered Species

A. Introduction

 

Group Presentation 

Thu, 12/8

Review class

 

 

 

Tue, 12/15

10:30 am

Final Exam

 

 

 

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