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Constitution Of India and Environmental Governance: Administrative and Adjudicatory Process

Prof. Sairam Bhat and Prof. M. K. Ramesh · National Law School of India University

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Intended audience: Students, Academicians, Research Scholars, NGOs and Civil Society Organisations, Policy Makers, Members of Regulatory Agencies, EHS Officers, Environmental Auditors, Environmental Law Compliance Officers, Entrepreneurs and Implementational Agencies.

Prerequisites: Under GraduationINDUSTRIES SUPPOR T: 1.All industries requiring an environmental compliance to operate.2.All Departments and Ministries of the Government.3.All governmental authorities/regulators such as Pollution Control Boards, in environmental compliances.4.All Public Sector Undertakings5.All Public Universities and bodies owned and controlled and substantially financed by the Government.6.All non-governmental organisations substantially financed by the Government.

Lectures

Week 1

  1. Introduction to Environmental Governance: Basis, Sources and Foundational Norms: Salient and Standout Features of the Discourse YouTube
  2. Theoretical Moorings, Sources and Evolution - Part 01 YouTube
  3. Theoretical Moorings, Sources and Evolution - Part 02 YouTube
  4. Theoretical Moorings, Sources and Evolution - Part 03 YouTube
  5. Theoretical Moorings, Sources and Evolution - Part 04 YouTube
  6. Theoretical Moorings, Sources and Evolution - Part 05 YouTube
  7. Theoretical Moorings, Sources and Evolution - Part 06 YouTube
  8. Theoretical Moorings, Sources and Evolution - Part 07 YouTube

Week 2

  1. Common Law Roots and Constitutonal Basis: Common Law and Criminal Law Anchors YouTube
  2. Constitutional Scheme of Environment and Natural Resources Management YouTube
  3. Communitarian Management and Decentralised Governance YouTube
  4. Constitutional Right to Environment YouTube

Week 3

  1. Overarching Law-Environment Protection Act-I YouTube
  2. Overarching Law-Environment Protection Act-II YouTube
  3. Pollution Control: Law, Enforcement and Compliance: The Setting; Scope and Application YouTube
  4. Authorities regulating Pollution Control YouTube
  5. Pollution Control Boards: Its consitution and role YouTube
  6. Powers and Functions of Various Authorities-I YouTube
  7. Powers and Functions of Various Authorities-II YouTube

Week 4

  1. Environment Impact Assessment Law: Why EIA? Evolution of EIA YouTube
  2. EIA Notification, 2006-II YouTube
  3. EIA Notification, 2006-I YouTube

Week 5

  1. United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change YouTube
  2. Kyoto Protocol: Developments Between 1992-2012 YouTube
  3. Paris Agreement and Climate Justice YouTube
  4. India Case Study: National Rendezvous for Climate Justice YouTube

Week 6

  1. Biodiversity: Significance and Concerns YouTube
  2. Development of the International Framework on Biodiversity: Convention on Biodiversity 1992 YouTube
  3. Protocols Under the Convention on Biodiversity 1992 YouTube
  4. Indian Biodiversity Legal Framework YouTube
  5. Legal Framework on Biosafety YouTube

Week 7

  1. Forest & Wildlife Law: Introduction to Indian Forest Act 1927 YouTube
  2. Forest & Wildlife Law: Introduction to Forest Conservation Act, 1980 YouTube
  3. Forest Rights and CAMPA: Introduction to Forest Rights Act, 2006 YouTube
  4. Forest & Wildlife Law: Introduction to Wildlife Protection Act, 1972 YouTube

Week 8

  1. Specific Ecosystems and their Management: I. Regulation of Coastal Areas YouTube
  2. Specific Ecosystems and their Management: II. Ecologically Sensitive Zones YouTube
  3. Specific Ecosystems and their Management: III. Wetlands and Water Bodies YouTube
  4. Water Policy and Law: An Overview YouTube
  5. Water Policy and Law: Indian Legal Framework YouTube

Week 9

  1. Basic Legal Framework and Strategies for Waste Management - I YouTube
  2. Basic Legal Framework and Strategies for Waste Management - II YouTube
  3. Law Concerning Hazardous Wastes and Substances YouTube
  4. Law on Management of Hazardous Waste and Biomedical Wastes in India YouTube
  5. Law Relating to Management of Solid Waste in India YouTube

Week 10

  1. Environmental Justice Dispensation: Role of Higher Judiciary YouTube
  2. Catalytic Role and Complementary Role of the Judiciary YouTube
  3. Positive Aspects of Judicial Activism YouTube
  4. Critical Review of Judicial Activism YouTube
  5. Overview of the law relating to Compensation for Environmental Wrong and History of the Growth of Environmental Tribunals YouTube
  6. History and Growth of Environmental Tribunals YouTube

Week 11

  1. National Green Tribunal - I YouTube
  2. National Green Tribunal - II YouTube
  3. National Green Tribunal - III YouTube
  4. Accessing and Securing Environmental Justice within the Statutory Framework YouTube

Week 12

  1. Environmental Legal Order: Law and Policy YouTube
  2. Environmental Legal Order: Structures and Schemes of Governance YouTube
  3. Environmental Adjudication YouTube
  4. Suggestions and Wrap Up YouTube

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Institution
National Law School of India University
Department
Law
Taught by
Prof. Sairam Bhat, Prof. M. K. Ramesh
Level
Undergraduate
Language
English
Subjects
Law
Source
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