LAWS376-13S2 (C) Semester Two 2013

Resource Management Act 1991: Selected Issues

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 8 July 2013
End Date: Sunday, 10 November 2013
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 21 July 2013
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 6 October 2013

Description

This course is designed for students wishing to study selected issues in resource management law and sustainability.The course focuses on the Resource Management Act 1991 and investigates various statutory provisions in this Act as they relate to contemporary issues. Current issues include contentious issues such as water rights, wind farms, emissions and sequestration, and iwi involvement. At least for the next three years, the interface between the RMA and the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Act 2011 will be studied as events unfold in Christchurch. Practitioners skilled in resource management issues will be invited to give guest lectures.

Prerequisites

(i) LAWS101; and (ii) LAWS110

Co-requisites

Course Coordinator / Lecturer

Elizabeth Toomey

Lecturer

Moka Ritchie

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage 
Essay 16 Aug 2013 50%
Take Home Test 08 Oct 2013 50%


Assessment will be advised in the first week of lectures.

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $682.00

International fee $3,263.00

* 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 15 people apply to enrol.

For further information see Faculty of Law .

All LAWS376 Occurrences

  • LAWS376-13S2 (C) Semester Two 2013
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