APTPUO - WINTER 2025 - CML3161 B

  • Ottawa
  • University Of Ottawa
Description :This course examines the development and significance of international law and institutions in contemporary responses to environmental issues ranging from biodiversity to global climate change. Other topics regularly considered include ozone protection and international air pollution, hazardous waste transfers, trans-boundary waters, forests, and environmental protection of the Arctic and Antarctic polar regions. The course also addresses international law-making institutions and processes, the enforcement and effectiveness of international environmental law, and the relationship between international law principles and norms, (sustainability, biodiversity, and precaution, for example) and the domestic Canadian legal regime. In addition, inter-relationships between international environmental law and other international legal regimes such as those governing trade, human rights, public health, development finance and intellectual property are considered.Posting limited to:Professeur à temps-partiel étudiant / Student Part-Time ProfessorDate Posted:April 05, 2024Closing Date:May 07, 2024Note: Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the day prior to the Posting End Date aboveExpected Enrolment:35Approval date:April 05, 2024Number of credits:3Work Hours:39Course type:BPosting type:Régulier / RegularLanguage of instruction:Anglais | EnglishCompetence in second language:PassiveCourse Schedule:- - - Schedule (to be confirmed once professor is hired)Requirements:The Common Law Section is seeking candidates who are leaders in the legal profession. An LL.B., J.D., or equivalent is required for this position. Membership in the Law Society of Ontario in good standing is also required. The successful candidate will have significant expertise and experience related to international environmental law. Prior teaching experience will be considered an asset.The Common Law Section reserves the right to select a candidate who does not fully meet each of these requirements, where the candidate’s selection would be beneficial to the program, the course, the students or for a related reason. An acceptable level of education and/or experience could be viewed as being equivalent to the educational required and/or demonstrated experience.