Course Co-ordinator: Mr Bill Walton

Pre-requisite(s): GG 2011. No previous knowledge of law is required. Available only to students in Programme Year 3 or above.

• The international, European and domestic institutional framework within which legal and other controls of the environment are devised for application within Scotland, the UK and elsewhere.


• The types of control available for the regulation of pollution.


• The control of pollution into water, air and the ground.


• The concept of environmental justice, environmental wrongs and environmental crimes.


• The role of pollution control agencies and the courts in enforcing standards.


• The emerging role of self-regulation and economic regulation.

10 x 2 hour lecture/discussion classes (weekly).

1st Attempt: One 2-hour written examination (67%); coursework: individual project (33%).

Resit: one 2-hour written examination (67%) plus original coursework carried forward (33%).