Environmental Administration

Year
3
Academic year
2019-2020
Code
01015569
Subject Area
LAW
Language of Instruction
Portuguese
Mode of Delivery
Face-to-face
Duration
SEMESTRIAL
ECTS Credits
6.0
Type
Elective
Level
1st Cycle Studies

Recommended Prerequisites

Administrative Law I and Administrative Law II. 

Teaching Methods

Teaching is supported in theoretical-practical content lessons, using expository methods and the presentation and discussion of practical exemples, further deepening students' knowledge and stimulating students' critical thinking abilities.

Learning Outcomes

The objectives of this curricular unit comprise mastering the basic concepts of the legal approach to environment and ultimately the role of public administration in environmental protection which allow understanding its leading role in this area.

Students should articulate concepts, tools and basic institutes of environmental administrative organization, with the detailed discussion of the role of environment ministries and the allocation of administrative powers in environmental matters.

The curricular unit aims to promote a comparative analysis of the structure of administrative organisations in some countries close to us and in the European Union. The course is also designed to instruct students on the Portuguese environmental administrative organisation, particularly the role of the Ministry of Environment, of other state agencies with attributions in this matter, of the regional environmental administration and of the environmental protection at the level of local authorities.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

I. The legal approach to environment

1. Specific features of environmental law

2. The core principles of environmental law

3. The environmental law as horizontal law

4. Protagonism of administrative law in environmental protection

II. The Public Administration as major actor in environmental protection

1. Environmental protection as a State task

2. Public Administration responsibilities

3. The need for a concerted action

4. Vertical and horizontal distribution of administrative powers in environmental matters

III. Comparative analysis of the environmental organisation

1. In various European countries

2. In the European Union

3. In the United States of America

4. In Brazil

IV. Environmental administrative organization in Portugal

1. The Ministry of Environment

2. The various public entities with attributions in environmental matters

3. The Portuguese Environmental Agency

4. The environment in regional administrations

5. The protection the environment and local authorities

Assessment Methods

Continous Assessment
Exam: 25.0%
Frequency: 75.0%

Bibliography

José Eduardo Figueiredo Dias, “A Administração do Ambiente”, caderno de textos de apoio a elaborar para os alunos do Curso de Administração Público-Privada, fotocopiados, Faculdade de Direito de Coimbra

José Eduardo Figueiredo Dias, A Reivenção da Autorização Administrativa no Direito do Ambiente, Coimbra Editora, 2014, p. 197-216 e 327-336