Environmental Protection

Study Course Description

Course Description Statuss:Approved

Course Description Version:6.00

Study Course Accepted:02.02.2024 12:30:10

Study Course Information
Course Code:		JF_297		LQF level:		Level 6
Credit Points:		1.00		ECTS:		1.50
Branch of Science:		Law; Theory and History of Rights		Target Audience:		Person and Property Defence
Study Course Supervisor
Course Supervisor:		Lelde Lapiņa
Study Course Implementer
Structural Unit:		Faculty of Social Sciences
The Head of Structural Unit:
Contacts:		Dzirciema street 16, Rīga, szfrsu[pnkts]lv
Study Course Planning
Full-Time - Semester No.1
Lectures (count)		6	Lecture Length (academic hours)		2	Total Contact Hours of Lectures		12
Classes (count)		2	Class Length (academic hours)		2	Total Contact Hours of Classes		4
Total Contact Hours								16
Part-Time - Semester No.1
Lectures (count)		2	Lecture Length (academic hours)		2	Total Contact Hours of Lectures		4
Classes (count)		1	Class Length (academic hours)		2	Total Contact Hours of Classes		2
Total Contact Hours								6
Study course description
Preliminary Knowledge:
Not necessary.
Objective:
Raise awareness of the contemporary issues of the environmental law and environment protection and possibilities of solving them. Tasks: - understand the huge human impact on the processes of the nature and the need to change the attitude of the past, including on the environmental protection; - be aware of the importance of everyone to actively participate in environment protection activities without waiting for someone else to do so.
Topic Layout (Full-Time)
No.	Topic			Type of Implementation		Number	Venue
1	Concepts of environmental protection. The main global problems. Preconditions for environmental protection. Principles of environmental protection.			Lectures		3.00	auditorium
2	Special legal regimes for environmental protection. Liability for environmental damage. Waste management.			Lectures		3.00	auditorium
				Classes		2.00	auditorium
Topic Layout (Part-Time)
No.	Topic			Type of Implementation		Number	Venue
1	Concepts of environmental protection. The main global problems. Preconditions for environmental protection. Principles of environmental protection.			Lectures		1.00	auditorium
2	Special legal regimes for environmental protection. Liability for environmental damage. Waste management.			Lectures		1.00	auditorium
				Classes		1.00	auditorium
Assessment
Unaided Work:
Group projects, case studies, discussions and preparation of a public speech.
Assessment Criteria:
A student who has attended less than half of the lectures and has not passed the practical work of the examination may not be allowed to take a test. The final assessment for the course consists of a mark for the examination, the main criterion of which is the amount and quality of the acquired knowledge.
Final Examination (Full-Time):		Test
Final Examination (Part-Time):		Test
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge:		On completion of the study course, students will have knowledge of environmental policy tools and environmental protection principles, human rights to the content and subject of a favourable environment, aspects of environmental protection and spatial planning, assessment of the impact on the environment and its applications.
Skills:		Students acquire skills in environmental legislation through regular practical work, and apply the laws and regulations to particular situations and interpret them. Understand the principles of environmental law and interrelationship in their application.
Competencies:		Able to formulate, describe and analyse practical problems in the field of environmental protection.
Bibliography
No.	Reference
Required Reading
1	Liepa, I., Mauriņš, A., Vimba, E. Ekoloģija un dabas aizsardzība : mācību līdzeklis Latvijas Republikas augstskolu studentiem ekoloģijas kursa apguvei. Rīga : Zvaigzne, 1991. 300lpp.
2	Šmidre, P., Jemeļjanovs, A., Ieviņš, J. Vides aizsardzība no tehnogēno avāriju un katastrofu ģenerētajiem piesārņojumiem : mācību līdzeklis. Rīga : RTU Izdevniecība, 2008. 138 lpp.
3	Vides zinātne. Māris Kļaviņš, Oļģerts Nikodemus, Valdis Seglis.[u.c.] [Rīga] : LU Akadēmiskais apgāds, [2008]. 599 lpp.
4	Kavacs, G. Populāra dabas enciklopēdija. Rīga: Jumava, 2007. 573 lpp.
5	Eiropas vides tiesības mācību līdzeklis. Meseršmits, Klaus, Meiere, Silvija, Ūsiņa, Elīna. Meßerschmidt, Klaus. Rīga : Latvijas Universitāte, 2003. 459 lpp.
6	Strautmanis, Jānis. Ekoloģisko tiesību pamati : dabasvides tiesiskā aizsardzība. Rīga : Zvaigzne ABC, [1997]. 222 lpp.
7	Strautmanis, Jānis. Vides ētika un vides tiesības. Rīga : Zvaigzne ABC, 2003. 187 lpp.
8	Vide un ilgtspējīga attīstība. Tulk. no angļu valodas. Rīga : LU Akadēmiskais apgāds, 2011. 334 lpp.
9	Vides zinību terminu skaidrojošā vārdnīca : māc. līdz. Rīga : Jumava, 1999. 251 lpp.
10	Meseršmits K., Meiere S., Ūsiņa E. Eiropas vides tiesības. Rīga, EuroFaculty, 2004.
11	Ietekmes uz vidi novērtējums./ Autoru kolekt. – Rīga: Ietekmes uz vidi novērtējuma Valsts birojs, 2002.
12	Strautmanis J. Vides ētika un vides tiesības. Rīga, 2003.
13	Meņģele – Stillere L. Vides līgumi Eiropas Savienībā un Latvijā//Likums un Tiesības, 2006., Nr.4 (80), 112.- 119.lpp.
14	Latvijas Republikas Satversme.
15	Likums “Par pašvaldībām”.
16	Vides aizsardzības likums.
17	Atkritumu apsaimniekošanas likums.
18	Būvniecības likums (vecais un jaunais).
19	Teritorijas attīstības plānošanas likums.
20	Informācijas atklātības likums.
21	Sugu un biotopu aizsardzības likums.
22	Likums „Par īpaši aizsargājamām dabas teritorijām”.
23	Likums „Par piesārņojumu”.
24	Ūdens apsaimniekošanas likums.
25	Likums „Par ietekmes uz vidi novērtējumu”.
26	Atbilstošie Satversmes tiesas spriedumi.
27	Orhūsas konvencija par pieeju informācijai, sabiedrības dalību lēmumu pieņemšanā un iespēju griezties tiesu iestādēs saistībā ar vides jautājumiem.
Other Information Sources
1	Vides aizsardzības un reģionālās attīstības ministrija [tiešsaiste].
2	Pieejams: http://www.varam.gov.lv/lat/