Environmental Law and Legislation

Code:

EA0046

Acronym:

DLA

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Environmental Management

Instance: 2019/2020 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of Civil and Georesources Engineering
Course/CS Responsible:	Master in Environmental Engineering

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
MIEA	32	Syllabus since 2006/07	5	-	3	42	81

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

General knowledge of environmental legislation.
Theorethical and practical knowledge of the major legal documents and their relation with the contents of the other disciples.

Learning outcomes and competences

It isexpected that the students acquire both theoretical and practical knowledge of the Portuguese and European environmental legislation.

Working method

Presencial

Pre-requirements (prior knowledge) and co-requirements (common knowledge)

NA

Program

Introdução ao Direito e ao Direito do Ambiente
Políticas e Instrumentos de Políticaa Ambientais
Legislação Fundamental Nacional e Comunitária sobre Ambiente
Legislação sobre Água
Legislação sobre Resíduos
Legislação sobre Gestão de Sistemas Ambientais
Legislação sobre Ruído
Legislação sobre Ar
Legislação sobre Ordenamento do Território
Legislação sobre outros temas

Mandatory literature

Maria Alexandra de Sousa Aragão; Direito Comunitário do Ambiente. ISBN: 972-40-1658-7

Complementary Bibliography

Joaquim Poças Martins; Management of Change in Water Companies, IWA Publishing, 2014. ISBN: 9781843391951

Teaching methods and learning activities

The major legal documents are presented and discussed in the lectures, including the answer, in groups, to practical questions.
In the presentations there is a systematic attempt to establish relations with the subjects previously covered in other disciplines of the course.

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Trabalho escrito	100,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Elaboração de relatório/dissertação/tese	20,00
Frequência das aulas	0,00
Trabalho de investigação	20,00
Total:	40,00

Eligibility for exams

Attendance of at least 75% of the classes

Calculation formula of final grade

Trabalho Individual e Exame final, ambos com peso igual a 50% na Classificação Final

Classificação final/20 = Classificação do trabalho individual/20 x 0,5 + Classificação no Exame final/20 x 0,5