LAWS356-19S2 (C) Semester Two 2019

Special Topic: Selected Topics in Natural Resource Law

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 15 July 2019
End Date: Sunday, 10 November 2019
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Friday, 26 July 2019
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Friday, 27 September 2019

Description

The purpose of this course is to provide students with an introduction to selected topics in natural resource law in New Zealand including: mining and energy law; the specific legislative, administrative and common law regimes for selected natural resources; the interaction of relevant statutes with the Resource Management Act 1991; the ability to own natural resources; the relationship of that ownership to the ownership of land; the role of private property in resource management, and Maori claims to natural resources.

This course is designed to complement and complete the School of Law's other environment management courses by exploring the legislative, common law and administrative regimes surrounding the use of a range of natural resources in New Zealand.

Learning Outcomes

  • The Learning Outcomes for our new course are as follows:
  •  Understand, explain and apply the legislative, common law and administrative regimes surrounding the exploitation of a number of natural resources in New Zealand including selected topics from energy, mining, greenhouse gas emissions, forestry and fisheries law.
  •  Understand, explain and synthesise the interplay between the variety of different legislative instruments governing the use of these resources and their relationship to land ownership.
  •  Locate, evaluate and critically engage with the primary and secondary sources relating to the use of natural resources in New Zealand.
  •  Further their knowledge of the Treaty of Waitangi and, in particular, issues arising in relation to Māori and the ownership and use of natural resources.
  •  Develop an awareness of the place New Zealand (and its law) occupies in the international legal framework for the regulation of natural resources.
    • University Graduate Attributes

      This course will provide students with an opportunity to develop the Graduate Attributes specified below:

      Critically competent in a core academic discipline of their award

      Students know and can critically evaluate and, where applicable, apply this knowledge to topics/issues within their majoring subject.

      Globally aware

      Students will comprehend the influence of global conditions on their discipline and will be competent in engaging with global and multi-cultural contexts.

Prerequisites

(i) LAWS101; and (ii) LAWS110 RP: LAWS205, Land Law

Co-requisites

Recommended Preparation

LAWS205, Land Law

Course Coordinator / Lecturers

Toni Collins and Elizabeth Macpherson

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage 
Essay 14 Aug 2019 40%
Final Exam 60%


Research essay (40%) and end of term test (60%)
The assessment will be confirmed in the first week of lectures.

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $806.00

International fee $3,775.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

Minimum enrolments

This course will not be offered if fewer than 10 people apply to enrol.

For further information see Faculty of Law .

All LAWS356 Occurrences

  • LAWS356-19S2 (C) Semester Two 2019