Environmental Policy and Legislations detailed syllabus for Civil Engineering (Civil) for 2021 regulation curriculum has been taken from the Anna Universities official website and presented for the Civil students. For course code, course name, number of credits for a course and other scheme related information, do visit full semester subjects post given below.
For Civil Engineering 6th Sem scheme and its subjects, do visit Civil 6th Sem 2021 regulation scheme. For Professional Elective-VI scheme and its subjects refer to Civil Professional Elective-VI syllabus scheme. The detailed syllabus of environmental policy and legislations is as follows.
Course Objectives:
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Unit I
INTRODUCTION TO ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATIONS AND INTERNATIONAL SCENARIO 9 Significance of Environmental Law -International Environmental Law -Development of International Environmental Law -Source and General principals of International Environmental Law -General rights and obligations of States -General Issues of the international law related to environmental protection -Stockholm Declaration-Rio Declaration on Environment and Development-Basel Convention on the Control of Trans boundary Movement of Hazardous Wastes and their disposalConvention of Biological Diversity-U.N Frame Work Convention on Climate Change-Montreal Protocol on Substances that deplete Ozone Layer-Kyoto Protocol.
Unit II
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Unit III
REMEDIES FOR ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION 9 Common Law Remedies/Remedies under Law of Tort – Penal Remedies – Indian Penal Code and Code of Criminal Procedure – Remedies under Constitutional Law – Writs – Public Interest Litigation – Public Liability Insurance Act, 1991 – The National Green Tribunal Act 2010
Unit IV
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Unit V
ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT CASE LAWS 9 Meaning and concept of development – Its impact on environment; conflict between environment and development, Concept of Sustainable Development., Polluter Pay Principle, Precautionary Principle, Public Trust Doctrine. Landmark Judgments – Olium gas leakage case, Rural Litigation and Entitlement Kendra, Dehradun, (1985) Supp SCC 487) Vellore Citizen Welfare Forum v. Union of India, (1996) 5SCC 647) Ganga Pollution case (1988) I SCC) S. Jagannath v. UOI (1997) SCC 867) Vellore Citizens welfare forum case M.C. Mehta V. Kamalnath (1997) I SCC 388)
Course Outcomes:
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Reference Books:
- Leelakrishnan P., Environmental Law in India, Butterworths,1998
- Leelakrishnan P., Environmental Case Book, Lexis Nexis, 2000
- Shanthakumar S. , Environmental Law – An Introduction, Butterworths,2004
- Shyam Diwan and Armin Rosencranz, Enviromental Law and Policy in India, Oxford, 2001
For detailed syllabus of all the other subjects of Civil Engineering 6th Sem, visit Civil 6th Sem subject syllabuses for 2021 regulation.
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