BSS Business School

BSS Master Diploma in Environmental Law

Part I: Introduction to Environmental Law

  • Introduction

  • Environmental Issues

  • Pollution Causes and Kinds

  • Environmental Jurisprudence

  • Cultural and Religious Discourse-Environment

  • Principles and Concepts

  • Law and Regulations

  • Environment and Common Law

  • Environment and Development

  • Environmental Law – Relation with Other Disciplines

  • Environmental Management

  • Emerging Environmental Issues

  • Environmental Ethics.

Part II: Environmental Policy and Law in India

  • Introduction

  • Environmental Policies and Regulations in India, Since 1970

  • Concepts (Tort Law, Water Law, Air Law, Environmental Protection, Criminal Law, and Constitution of India)

  • Environmental Legislations

  • Water Pollution Control [Water (prevention and control of pollution) Act, 1974]

  • Air Pollution Control [Air (prevention and control of pollution) Act, 1981]

  • Environment Protection [Environment (protection) Act, 1986]

  • Constitution of India – Environmental Protection

  • Urban Problems – Environment

  • Marine Pollution – Environment

  • Judicial Remedies and Procedure.

Part III: Law relating to Bio-Diversity and Waste Management

  • Introduction

  • Forest Conservation – Law and Practice (Forest Conservation Act, 1980)

  • Forest Dwellers and Common Property

  • Wild Life Protection – Law and Practice (Wild Life Protection Act, 1972)

  • Whaling, Trade in Wild Life and Endangered Species

  • Bio-Diversity (Convention in Biological Diversity, Agenda 21, Biological Diversity Act, 2002)

  • Animal Welfare Laws

  • Sustainable Development

  • Biotechnology

  • Dams and Hydel Power Projects

  • People, Industry and Parks

  • Waste Management, Hazardous Waste (Management and Handling) Rules, 1989

  • Transboundary Issues of Pollution and Waste Management

  • International Control of Hazardous Waste.

Part IV: International Environmental Law

  • Introduction

  • Issues and Problems of International Environmental Concern

  • Sources of International Law in an Environmental Perspective

  • International Organizations and Environments

  • Transboundary Pollution

  • International Commons

  • The Changing International Order and Environment

  • Emerging Global Environment Movement

  • Environment and Free Trade Conflicts

  • Human Rights and Environment

  • International Environmental Law in Indian Courts.