JUR1520 – International Environmental Law and Sustainability
Course description
Schedule, syllabus and examination date
Course content
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Learning outcome
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Admission
Students who are admitted to study programmes or individual courses at UiO must each semester register which courses and exams they wish to sign up for by registering a study plan in StudentWeb.
International applicants, if you are not already enrolled as a student at UiO, please see our information about admission requirements and procedures for international applicants.
Nordic applicants that are accepted to study programmes or individual courses at UiO can be admitted to this course.
Prerequisites
Recommended previous knowledge
Please note that lectures and curriculum for this course is aimed at students at master degree level.
However, the achievement requirements are adjusted for students who take the subject at bachelor degree level.
Prior knowledge of international law.
Overlapping courses
- 10 credits overlap with JUR5520 – International Environmental Law (discontinued)
- 10 credits overlap with VALENVIR – International Environmental Law (discontinued)
- 10 credits overlap with JUXENVIR
- 10 credits overlap with JUTENVIR – International Environmental Law (discontinued)
- 10 credits overlap with PILENVIR – International Environmental Law (discontinued)
- 10 credits overlap with JUS5520 – International Environmental Law and Sustainability
Teaching
Lectures/seminars.
Lectures in the course corresponds with lectures in JUS5520 – International Environmental Law and Sustainability.
Language of teaching for this course is English: all communication during lectures/seminars will be in English, and all literature and auxiliary materials are in English.
Examination
24 hour written home exam
2500 words
Footnotes should be included in the word count of the main text. Not included in this count: front page (title etc.), summary, table of contents and references (bibliography). (If relevant for the paper).
Please note that assignments/papers with text exceeding the word limit will not be sent to grading.
Examination support material
This is an open book exam. Candidates may therefore make use of all available sources during the examination period.
Your exam paper must be an independent work. Exam candidates are not permitted to communicate with other persons about the exam question(s) or distribute draft answers or exam answers.
General rules on exam support materials
Use of sources and rules for citing
Familiarize yourself with the use of sources and citations in legal writing. In an exam situation, using other people’s material without declaring it in a clear manner may be considered cheating or an attempt at cheating. You must cite any sources you draw on.
Language of examination
The examination text is given in English, and you submit your response in English.
Grading scale
Grades are awarded on a scale from A to F, where A is the best grade and F is a fail. Read more about the grading system.
Explanations and appeals
Resit an examination
- Illness at exams / postponed exams
- Resitting an examination.
- There are special rules for resitting a passed examination in the master's programme in Law.
Withdrawal from an examination
It is possible to take this exam up to 3 times. If you withdraw from the exam after the deadline or during the exam, this will be counted as an examination attempt.
There are special rules for resitting a passed examination in the master's programme in Law.
Special examination arrangements
Application form, deadline and requirements for special examination arrangements.
Evaluation
The course is subject to continuous evaluation. At regular intervals we also ask students to participate in a more comprehensive evaluation.
Other
The language for this course is English. Students enrolled in the Masterprogrammet i rettsvitenskap must pass one English subject as part of their degree, this course will meet these obligations.
This subject is taught at Bachelor's level. The subject is also taught at Master's level (10 ECTS credits), see JUS5520 – International Environmental Law and Sustainability
Please see the chapter above, regarding overlap. For instances of overlap, credits will be deducted on the subject at Bachelors's level.