Environmental law WF-OB-POS
- https://e.uksw.edu.pl/course/view.php?id=56568
- https://e.uksw.edu.pl/course/view.php?id=13874 (term 2025/26_Z)
Assumptions:
Environmental protection is one of the principal task of the state conditioning its proper economic and social development (sustainable development). In the legal dimension, they consist of international, EU and national law regulations.
The following general issues will be discussed during the lecture:
- place of environmental law in the legal system
- sources of environmental law
- principles of environmental law
- the principle of sustainable development
and other issues that allow you to move freely in the legal issues of environmental protection:
- social participation in environmental protection
- access to information about the environment
- legal protection of environmental components
- legal instruments for environmental protection
- responsibility and judicial protection in environmental protection
- management by the administration of environmental matters
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Term 2025/26_Z:
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Term 2026/27_Z:
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(in Polish) E-Learning
(in Polish) Grupa przedmiotów ogólnouczenianych
Course coordinators
(in Polish) Opis nakładu pracy studenta w ECTS
Term 2023/24_Z: (in Polish) Opis ECTS:
aktywność studenta liczba godzin/nakład pracy
- udział w wykładzie - 30
- konsultacje - 10
- praca własna w związku z przygotowaniem do zajęć i prace domowe- 30
- praca własna w związku z przygotowaniem do egzaminu - 50
Suma godzin 120
Liczba ECTS 4 | Term 2024/25_Z: (in Polish) Opis ECTS:
aktywność studenta liczba godzin/nakład pracy
- udział w wykładzie - 30
- konsultacje - 10
- praca własna w związku z przygotowaniem do zajęć i prace domowe- 30
- praca własna w związku z przygotowaniem do egzaminu - 50
Suma godzin 120
Liczba ECTS 4 | Term 2025/26_Z: (in Polish) Opis ECTS:
aktywność studenta liczba godzin/nakład pracy
- udział w wykładzie - 30
- konsultacje - 10
- praca własna w związku z przygotowaniem do zajęć i prace domowe- 30
- praca własna w związku z przygotowaniem do egzaminu - 50
Suma godzin 120
Liczba ECTS 4 | Term 2026/27_Z: ECTS description:
Student activity: number of hours/workload
- attendance at lectures – 30
- participation in out-of-class assessments – 2
- independent study in connection with preparation for classes and homework – 16
- independent study in connection with exam preparation – 12
Total hours: 120
Number of ECTS credits: 2 |
Learning outcome code/codes
Type of subject
Preliminary Requirements
Learning outcomes
W_1 Recognises, identifies and explains legal regulations in the field of environmental law. Topic: 2, 5
W_2 Identifies the distinctive features of environmental and nature conservation law and classifies its instruments. Topics: 1, 3, 4, 6.
U_1 Applies environmental law provisions to resolve problems related to the negative impact of human activity on the environment. Topics: 3, 5, 6
K_1 Justifies the importance of a thoroughly conducted environmental impact assessment and recognises the responsibility of individuals and institutions involved in environmental decision-making processes. Topics: 2, 3, 6
Assessment criteria
Written examination (2 knowledge tests combined with open-ended questions) – 80 marks (100 per cent). Additional activity for those who wish to take part, e.g. an analysis of a chosen problem – 6 marks.
Grading scale:
75–80 marks – 5.0;
70–74 marks – 4.5;
62–69 marks – 4.0;
56–61 marks – 3.5;
41–55 marks – 3.0;
40 and below – 2.0.
Practical placement
no
Bibliography
Materials available on the moodle platform and
Basic legal acts:
Constitution of the Republic of Poland of 2 April 1997 (Journal of Laws No. 78, item 483).
Act of 27 April 2001. Environmental Protection Law (current legal status)
Act of 3 October 2008 on the provision of information on the environment and its protection, public participation in environmental protection and environmental impact assessments (current legal status)
Act of 16 April 2004 on nature protection (current legal status)
Act of 12 June 2015 on the greenhouse gas emission trading scheme (current legal status)
Supplementary literature:
1. M. Górski, System prawa ochrony środowiska, [w:] Zagadnienia systemowe prawa ochrony środowiska pod redakcją Piotra Korzeniowskiego (dostępny na moodle)
2. Komentarz do Konstytucji Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej, art. 5, 31, 68 ust. 4, 74, 86 dostępne w Lex np. B. Rakoczy
3. Prawo ochrony środowiska. Komentarz, dostępne w Lex, np. K. Gruszecki
4. Komentarz do ustawy o udostępnianiu informacji o środowisku i jego ochronie, udziale społeczeństwa w ochronie środowiska oraz o ocenach oddziaływania na środowisko, dostępne w Lex
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Term 2025/26_Z:
Principal legal acts: Basic legal acts: Literature: Supplementary literature: Supplementary literature: |
Term 2026/27_Z:
Materials available on the moodle platform and Basic legal acts: Supplementary literature: |
Notes
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Term 2025/26_Z:
none |
Term 2026/27_Z:
none |
Additional information
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