课程大纲

Syllabus
As a postgraduate course in law, Chinese Environmental Law is a comprehensive and interdisciplinary course. China's environmental law is an emerging and unique legal field requiring simple scientific knowledge. The main teaching content includes the causes of China's environmental problems and the changes in China's environmental law in recent years. Environmental law covers a wide range of fields (including China's pollution control law, China's energy laws and policies, China's climate change rule of law, and China's natural resource management law and biodiversity conservation). The basic principles of environmental law are multidisciplinary; China's environmental systems are rich and novel, including environmental planning, environmental impact assessment, environmental administrative licensing, emissions trading, information disclosure, public participation, etc. It also covers current global hot topics such as Chinese ecosystem law, climate litigation, corporate ESG compliance, and a small amount of international environmental law-related content. After studying, you will have an in-depth and comprehensive understanding of China's environmental laws and policies.

No prerequisites required
Lecture 1: Background; Introduction;
Lecture 2: Basic Principles of Chinese Environmental Law (Interdisciplinary)
Lecture 3: China's Basic Environmental Law and Comprehensive Environmental Legal System
Lecture 4: Specific provisions and systems of the Pollution Prevention and Control Law (1)
Lecture 5: Specific legal provisions and systems of the Pollution Prevention and Control Law (2) (Discussion assignment: What are the major pollution prevention and control systems in your country)
Lecture 6: China's Energy Law and Policy Climate Change Litigation (1)
Lecture 7: China's Energy Law and Policy Climate Change Litigation (2) (Discussion assignment: Comparison of your' national climate litigation cases)
Lecture 8: China's Ecosystem Law and National Parks (Biodiversity)
Lecture 9: Environmental Public Interest Litigation in China (Discussion assignment: Does your country have a regime similar to public interest litigation? What is it specifically like?)
Lecture 10: ESG Corporate Social Responsibility and Compliance
Lecture 11: In-class exam (PPT plus oral exam)