Environmental Protection Law WP-PR-POS

Student learning outcomes

PR_W01, PR_W02:
The student knows and understands the nature and significance of environmental law and its sources in relation to other areas of legal regulation, as well as the methods of defining concepts and institutions specific to this field.

PR_W04, PR_W06:
The student knows and understands the structure of institutions and legal relationships in environmental law and their position in relation to corresponding structures in other branches of law.

PR_W05:
The student knows and understands the system, functioning, and competences of environmental protection authorities in Poland and is able to identify the relationships between them.

PR_W06, PR_W07, PR_W08, PR_W09:
The student knows and understands the legal and factual determinants of the creation and application of environmental law as an instrument for achieving specific values.

PR_U06:
The student is able to select appropriate procedures for resolving cases in the field of environmental protection.

Workload
Lecture: 30 hours
Exam preparation: 20 hours

Total: 50 hours / 25 (1 ECTS credit = 25 hours of student workload) = 2 ECTS credits

Assessment of learning outcomes

Written examination (test) – the scope of the material is defined in the “Course content”.

PR_W01, PR_W02
Grade 2 (fail): does not know or understand the nature and significance of environmental law and its sources in relation to other areas of legal regulation, nor the methods of defining concepts and institutions specific to this field
Grade 3 / 3.5 (satisfactory): demonstrates basic knowledge and understanding of the nature and significance of environmental law and its sources in relation to other areas of legal regulation, as well as the methods of defining relevant concepts and institutions
Grade 4 / 4.5 (good): demonstrates good knowledge and understanding of the nature and significance of environmental law and its sources in relation to other areas of legal regulation, as well as the methods of defining relevant concepts and institutions
Grade 5 (very good): demonstrates very good knowledge and understanding of the nature and significance of environmental law and its sources in relation to other areas of legal regulation, as well as the methods of defining relevant concepts and institutions
PR_W04, PR_W06
Grade 2 (fail): does not know or understand the structure of institutions and legal relationships in environmental law or their position in relation to corresponding structures in other branches of law
Grade 3 / 3.5 (satisfactory): demonstrates basic knowledge and understanding of the structure of institutions and legal relationships in environmental law and their position in relation to other branches of law
Grade 4 / 4.5 (good): demonstrates good knowledge and understanding of the structure of institutions and legal relationships in environmental law and their position in relation to other branches of law
Grade 5 (very good): demonstrates very good knowledge and understanding of the structure of institutions and legal relationships in environmental law and their position in relation to other branches of law
PR_W05
Grade 2 (fail): does not know or understand the system, functioning, and competences of environmental protection authorities in Poland and is unable to identify relationships between them
Grade 3 / 3.5 (satisfactory): demonstrates basic knowledge and understanding of the system, functioning, and competences of environmental protection authorities in Poland and is able to identify relationships between them
Grade 4 / 4.5 (good): demonstrates good knowledge and understanding of the system, functioning, and competences of environmental protection authorities in Poland and is able to identify relationships between them
Grade 5 (very good): demonstrates very good knowledge and understanding of the system, functioning, and competences of environmental protection authorities in Poland and is able to identify relationships between them
PR_W06, PR_W07, PR_W08, PR_W09
Grade 2 (fail): does not know or understand the legal and factual determinants of the creation and application of environmental law as an instrument for achieving specific values
Grade 3 / 3.5 (satisfactory): demonstrates basic knowledge and understanding of the legal and factual determinants of the creation and application of environmental law as an instrument for achieving specific values
Grade 4 / 4.5 (good): demonstrates good knowledge and understanding of the legal and factual determinants of the creation and application of environmental law as an instrument for achieving specific values
Grade 5 (very good): demonstrates very good knowledge and understanding of the legal and factual determinants of the creation and application of environmental law as an instrument for achieving specific values
PR_U06
Grade 2 (fail): is unable to select appropriate procedures for resolving cases in the field of environmental protection
Grade 3 / 3.5 (satisfactory): is able, at a basic level, to select appropriate procedures for resolving cases in the field of environmental protection
Grade 4 / 4.5 (good): is able to select appropriate procedures for resolving cases in the field of environmental protection
Grade 5 (very good): is able to select appropriate procedures for resolving cases in the field of environmental protection

Core textbook:
Prawo ochrony środowiska, red. M. Górski, Warszawa 2021

Supplementary literature:
1) Prawo ochrony środowiska. Komentarz, red. M. Górski, Warszawa 2018
2) B. Majchrzak, Osoby wykonujące samodzielne funkcje techniczne w budownictwie a pojęcie organu ochrony środowiska [w:] Prace studialne WSAA. Ochrona środowiska a działalność inwestycyjna. Aspekty prawne. Tom V, pod red. Z. Cieślaka i A. Kosieradzkiej-Federczyk, Warszawa 2016, s. 111-120
3) B. Majchrzak, Sejm jako podmiot zobowiązany do udostępniania informacji o środowisku, Przegląd Sejmowy 3/2020, s. 101-121
4) B. Majchrzak, Poland: One of the Most Protected Values of the Constitution and its Limited Conceptualization in the Practice of the Constitutional Court [w:] Constitutional Protection of the Environment and Future Generations. Legislation and Practice in Certain Central European Countries, red. J.E. Szilágyi, Miskolc-Budapest 2022, s. 249-308
5) B. Majchrzak, Formy realizacji zadań Inspekcji Ochrony Środowiska w zakresie kontroli przestrzegania przepisów o ochronie środowiska, [w:] Przestępczość środowiskowa – współczesne wyzwanie dla organów ścigania oraz Inspekcji Ochrony Środowiska, red. M. Wielec, Warszawa 2022, s. 107-125
6) B. Majchrzak, Constitutional Framework for Planning Acts as Legal Forms of Administration’s Activity in Environmental Protection (on the Example of Poland), Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Law 34/2023, s. 52-72

Information on level of this course, year of study and semester when the course unit is delivered, types and amount of class hours - can be found in course structure diagrams of apropriate study programmes. This course is related to the following study programmes:

• Law - full-time master studies

Additional information (registration calendar, class conductors, localization and schedules of classes), might be available in the USOSweb system:

• Description of WP-PR-POS in USOSweb