Learning objectives
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Knowledge of instruments and environmental provisions
Course unit content
<br />The concept of environment at national and international level <br />
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a) The environment in the Constitution <br />
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b) The environment in the codes and in the first special Laws <br />
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c) The environment at international level <br />
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d) The environment in Europe <br />
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e) The notion of pollution <br />
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The fundamental principles <br />
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a) Principles in environment law <br />
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b) Principle of sustainable development <br />
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c) Polluter pays principle <br />
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d) Principle of prevention <br />
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e) Principle of precaution <br />
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f) The last frontiers: polluter pays <br />
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Sources of law. Preliminary notions on the legal system. <br />
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a) Sources of Italian law according to the Constitution and the Civil Code <br />
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b) Temporal effect, application and interpretation of laws <br />
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c) Topicality of the hierarchy of sources: international law <br />
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d) Topicality of the hierarchy of sources: Community law <br />
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Instruments of environmental policy and direction <br />
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a) The first systems of legal regulation of pollution <br />
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b) Planning policy and direction <br />
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b-1) Environmental planning <br />
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b-2) Economic instruments of environmental policy: incentives, disincentives and funding <br />
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b-3) Fiscal instruments of environmental policy <br />
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b-4) Administrative instruments of environmental policy <br />
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c) IPPC: integrated environmental authorization <br />
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d) Voluntary instruments of environmental policy. The evolutionary path of environmental certification - integration between the new community regulation EMAS and IPPC <br />
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&! nbsp; d-1) The industrial experience <br />
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d-2) EEC regulation no. 1836/1993 (EMAS I) <br />
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d-3) International and national standards <br />
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d-5) The main differences between EMAS I and EMAS II <br />
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e) Environmental controls and supervision <br />
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f) The agency system <br />
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Environmental crimes <br />
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a) From the concept of tort to the concept of crime <br />
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b) Criminal sanctions and administrative sanctions. Between criminalization and decriminalization <br />
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c) Tort jurisdiction <br />
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< FONT face="Times New Roman">Environmental damage. The liability system <br />
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a) The concept of environmental damage <br />
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b) Environmental associations <br />
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 19,821.60cm³; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; tab-stops: list 18.0pt 36.0pt left 45.0pt">c) White Paper on liability for damage to the environment <br />
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d) Civil liability in the Italian system <br />
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e) General characteristics of article 18 of law no. 349/86 <br />
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&n! bsp; e-1)Fault liability <br />
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e-2) The causal nexus <br />
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e-3) Damage quantification <br />
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e-4) Contributory negligence <br />
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e-5) Action at law for compensation <br />
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f) New regulations on liability for environmental damage. <br />
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g) The notion of delegation of function <br />
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h-1) Jurisprudential elaboration <br />
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h-2) Unacceptability of delegation of functions <br />
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&! nbsp; h-3) Acceptability of delegation of functions <br />
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h-4) The delegating party's duty to supervise and control <br />
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Sectorial rules and regulations. Systematic analysis <br />
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a) New waste and reclamation management <br />
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b) Water management <br />
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c) Pollution by physical agents: air, electrosmog, noise <br />
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d) Soil protection
Bibliography
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S. Maglia: corso di diritto ambientale
Teaching methods
Classroom lectures. Oral test
