14427 - International Heritage Legislation Modulübersicht

Module Number: 14427
Module Title:International Heritage Legislation
  Internationale Gesetzgebung zum Kulturerbe
Department: Faculty 5 - Business, Law and Social Sciences
Responsible Staff Member:
  • Prof. Dr. jur. Albrecht, Eike
Language of Teaching / Examination:English
Duration:1 semester
Frequency of Offer: Every summer semester
Credits: 6
Learning Outcome:

After completing the module, students are able to:

  • Understand international environmental law an conventions and their role in the management of global environmental problems,
  • Identify and critically analyse issues pertaining to international environmental disputes,
  • Apply international environmental law in specific concrete cases,
  • Comprehend and evaluate the significance of international environmental law in protecting the environment and fostering international relations,
  • Know and understand international conventions as most powerful tool for leading the international community to implement what it has presumed as important for human development,
  • Enhance the awareness that the world has to be holistically understood.
Contents:

Advanced Studies of International Environmental Law

  • Introduction to international law and international environmental law
  • Creation and development of international environmental law
  • Implementation and enforcement strategies of international environmental agreements
  • International environmental agreements with respect to the following topics:
    • Biodiversity (Biodiversity Convention/CITES/WHC).
    • Marine environment (Convention on the Law of the Sea)
    • Climate change (Climate Change Convention/Kyoto Protocol/Paris Agreement)
    • Ozone depletion (Convention for Protecting Ozone Layer/Montreal Protocol)
    • Toxic/hazardous substances (Basel Convention on Hazardous Waste)
    • Citizens rights to information, public participation and access to Justice

International Conventions

  • The lecture will
    • introduce the complex process of preparing, adopting and managing an international heritage convention and the related conceptual, political, legal and managerial issues,
    • deal with all recently adopted Heritage conventions as well as the 1972 convention.
  • The intangible cultural heritage, a new Convention for the protection of cultural diversity will specifically show that this new instrument covers a highly political issue.
Recommended Prerequisites:None
Mandatory Prerequisites:None
Forms of Teaching and Proportion:
  • Lecture / 2 Hours per Week per Semester
  • Seminar / 2 Hours per Week per Semester
  • Self organised studies / 120 Hours
Teaching Materials and Literature:
  • Albrecht/Egute/Wanki, International environmental law (IEL) – Agreements and introduction. 6th expanded and updated edition, 2022
  • Hunter/Salzman/Zaelke, International Environmental Law and Policy, 6th ed., 2022
  • International Conventions, Charters, Declarations
  • Lakshman/Guruswamy/Hendricks, International Environmental Law in a Nutshell 5th ed, 2017
  • www.unesco.org/culture/legalprotection
Module Examination:Continuous Assessment (MCA)
Assessment Mode for Module Examination:
  • Written examination, 60 min (50 %)
  • Oral examination, 15 min (50 %)
Evaluation of Module Examination:Performance Verification – graded
Limited Number of Participants:None
Part of the Study Programme:
  • no assignment
Remarks: 
Module Components:
  • 520211 - Lecture Advanced Studies of International Environmental Law
  • 620300 - Seminar International Heritage Conventions
  • 520216 - Examination Advanced Studies of International Environmental Law
Components to be offered in the Current Semester:
  • no assignment